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Definition: 1) Dweller by or on the white island, from the Old English hwit, meaning "white," and ea, meaning "water," or ige, meaning "island." 2) One who came from a place named Whitney (such as parish of Whitney in Herefordshire, England), a place name meaning "white island."
Surname Origin:
English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
WITNEY, WHETNEY, WHITTENEY, WHITENEY, WYTNEY
More Resources for the Surname WHITNEY :
WHITNEY Genealogy Research Group References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Name Meanings
An informal group of individuals interested in the scholarly research of Whitney families and the Whitney surname throughout history.
Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
