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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: White

First name variations: White, Whitey, Whitcomb, Whitby, Whitelaw, Whitfield, Whitford, Whitley, Whitlock, Whitmore, Whittaker, Whit

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: from Middle English whit ‘white’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname with the same sense as White, or else an occupational name for a servant of a bearer of the nickname White.
  2. John Whitman settled in Weymouth, MA, in about 1638.

This name appears in the following lists: Alliterative Names