Whitney

Gender
Unisex (Masculine & Feminine | Boys and Girls)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
From the White Island, or from the white-haired one

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Whitney Name meanings & History

From the White Island, or from the white-haired one. From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English. Its popular use as a feminine name was initiated by actress Whitney Blake (1925-2002) in the 1960s, and further boosted in the 1980s by singer Whitney Houston (1963-2012).

Zodiac Sign of Whitney: Willful Leo

Synonyms of Whitney:

W: Wild,Wishful,Willful,Wonderment,Wonderful

H: Hobnobbing,Heart's Desire,Hope,Haggle,Hyper

I: Indulgence,Involved,Intimate

T: Talkative,Truth,Tireless,Touchy,Doubting Thomas,Testy,Tacky

N: Neurosis,Nagging,Nutrition,Neat,Nice,Nitpicking,Nervous

E: Environment,Entertain,Exaggerate,Expressive,Enlighten,Enliven

Y: Youth-giving,Yin/Yang,Yen/money

Whitney is:

  • a Class name
  • a Formal name
  • a Refined name
  • a Strange name
  • a Strong name
  • a Upper name
  • a Wholesome name

2.) WHITNEY (Female)

Usage: African-American

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname derived from Hwitan-ig (Hwita’s island). Hwita is an Anglo-Saxon personal name derived from hwit (white). Var: Whitnee. (WHIT-NEE)


3.) Whitney (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) white island.

Other Forms: Whitani, Whiteney, Whitne, Whitne, Whitnei, Whitneigh, Whitny, Whitnye, Whittaney, Whittanie, Whittany, Whitteny, Whittnay, Whytne, Whytnee, Whytney, Whytni, Whytnie, Whytny, Witney


4.) Whitney (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) white; fresh

Other Forms: Whit, Whitne, Whitnee, Whitnie, Whytnie


5.) Whitney (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: White island

Other Forms: Whitni, Whitnie, Whitny, Witnee


6.) Whitney (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) white island; white water.

Other Forms: Whittney, Whytnew, Whyttney, Widney, Widny


7.) WHITNEY (Female)

Usage: American

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname derived from Hwitan-ig (Hwita’s island). Hwita is an Anglo-Saxon personal name derived from hwit (white). Var: Whitnee. (WHIT-NEE)


8.) Whitney (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) likes white spaces

Other Forms: Whit, Whitnee, Whitnie, Whitt, Whittney, Witt