- Wharton
Wharton in Cheshire and Hertfordshire are derived from an Olde English pre 7th Century river name Woefer, from "woefre" meaning wandering or winding plus "tun", settlement. Wharton in Lincolnshire has as it's first element the Olde English "wearde" meaning beacon or "warod", shore, bank, plus "tun".
Meaning: From the estate at the hollow
Origin: English - Wheatley
Wheatley is an English surname which translates into Old English as "from the wheat meadow". Alternative spellings include Wheatly, Whatley, Whitley, Wheetley, and Wheatleigh. Whether this is an association of work, or of origin, is debatable.
Meaning: Wheat fields
Origin: English - Wheaton
Wheaton Name Meaning. English: habitational name of uncertain origin, possibly from places in Lancashire and East and West Yorkshire named Weeton, from Old English wiðig 'willow' + tun 'settlement'.
Meaning: Settlement of wheat
Origin: English - Wheeler
Wheeler Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele 'wheel'.
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- Wheelock
Wheelock or Wheelocke is an English surname and given name. It is derived from the Proto-Celtic ancestor of the Welsh language word "chevel-og", meaning "winding river".
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- Whelan
The family name Whelan /ˈhwiːlən/ is an anglicisation of the Irish surname, Ó Faoláin. ... "Ó" (anglicised as "O'") derives from the Old Irish "úa", meaning "grandson", or more figuratively "patrilineal descendent".
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- Whetu
Meaning of name Whetu. Etymology : Means "star" in Maori.
- Whidbey
Meanings and history of the name Whidbey: | Edit. Whidbey is an English surname. The family lived in Yorkshire, at Whitby. Famous real-life people named Whidbey: | Edit. Joseph Whidbey (1755-1833), Royal Navy officer and Master of the HMS Discovery.
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- Whistler
Whistler Name Meaning. English: from an agent derivative of Middle English whistle (Old English hwistle, of imitative origin), hence an occupational name for a player on a pipe or flute, or possibly a nickname for an habitual whistler.
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- Whit
Whit may refer to: Whit or Whitsun, another name for the holy day of Pentecost.
- Whitby
English: habitational name from the port in North Yorkshire named Whitby, from Old Norse hvítr 'white' or the personal name Hvíti + býr 'farmstead', 'settlement', or from a place of the same name in Cheshire, originally named with Old English hwit 'white' (i.e. stone-built) + burh 'manor house', 'fortified place'.
- Whitcomb
Whitcomb Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe.
Meaning: Liight in the valley
Origin: English - Whitelaw
English Meaning: The name Whitelaw is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Whitelaw is: From the white hill.
Meaning: From the white hill
Origin: English - Whitey
Pale, white-skinned. Gender: Boy | Origin: English. Whitey is a perfectly fine name if you are a baseball player in the 1920s -- but today it's the equivalent of naming your kid Cracker.
Meaning: White skinned, white haired
- Whitfield
Whitfield Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places named Whitfield, for example in Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and Northumberland, named with Old English hwit 'white' + feld 'open country', because of their chalky or soil.
- Whitford
Whitford Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place named with Old English hwit 'white' + ford 'ford', probably the one in Devon, although there are other places similarly named.
Meaning: From the white ford
Origin: English - Whitlaw
Meaning: From the white hill
Origin: English - Whitlock
Whitlock is a surname of Old English origin, meaning “white enclosure” from Old English hwit “white” and locc “lock, enclosure”. The name also means "white hair" in Old English. Whitlock may refer to: Albert Whitlock (1915–1999), English motion picture matte artist.
- Whitman - WIT-min
Whitman Name Meaning. 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.
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- Whitmoor
Meaning: From the white moor
Origin: English - Whitmore
Whitmore Name Meaning. habitational name from any of various places named Whitmore, for example in Staffordshire, from Old English hwit 'white' + mor 'moor'. Some bearers of the name are descended from John of Whytenmere, Shropshire, who lived in the 13th century.
Meaning: From the white moor
Origin: English - Whittaker
The ancestors of the name Whittaker date back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Whittaker family lived in one of a number of similarly-named places. The settlement of Wheatacre is in Norfolk, while Whiteacre in Waltham is in Kent; both of these names literally mean wheat-field.
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- Whyatt
Old English: May be a last name based on wido ("wood" or "wide"), which showed up as Guyat and Wyat in medieval times – or an alteration of the name Wigheard, from wig ("war") + heard ("hardy, brave, strong"). Origin.
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- Whytlok
The name Whytlok is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Whytlok is: Blond.
