Whitney

Origin: English
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Origin and Meaning of Whitney

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English

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User Submitted Meanings

According to a user from Florida, United States, the name Whitney is of English origin and means "White island".
A submission from Arizona, United States says the name Whitney means ""White island". According to a user from Texas, United States, the name Whitney is of Unknown origin and means "White Island".".
A submission from New Zealand says the name Whitney means "White island" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
A user from Texas, United States says the name Whitney means "White Island".
A user from Namibia says the name Whitney is of English origin and means "White Island".

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The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
Synonyms: mount whitney
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
Synonyms: eli whitney

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Place name from Middle English atten whiten ey "by the white island".

A habitational surnameâ€‹.
A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s.

Notable Persons Named Whitney

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston was a singer, actress, film producer, record producer, model, singing, actor, and model (people). She holds the title I Will Always Love You". Whitney was given the name Whitney Elizabeth Houston by her parents RCA, Commonwealth United, Private Stock, Motown, Janus, Major Minor, Columbia, A&M, Delta Music, and Harlem Records on August 9th, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. She passed away on February 11th, 2012.

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Whitney Cummings

Whitney Cummings is an observational comedy, insult comedy, and ribaldry comedian. Whitney was born on September 4th, 1982 in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States.

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Whitney Way Thore

Whitney Way Thore is an activism, dance, internet celebrity, activist, and dancer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2014 to 2014. Whitney was born on April 14th, 1984 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Whitney Port

Whitney Port is a television personality, fashion designer, and author. Her career lasted from 2006 to 2012. Whitney was given the name Whitney Eve Port on March 4th, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Whitney Sudler-Smith

Whitney Sudler-Smith is a film and television director. He has had major accomplishments since 1996. Whitney was born as the child of Patricia Altschul on June 2nd, 1968 in Washington, D.C., U.S. Whitney is also known as Whitney Smith.

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Whitney Blake

Whitney Blake was an actress, director, and producer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1956 to 1998. Whitney was given the name Nancy Ann Whitney on February 20th, 1926. She left this life on September 28th, 2002.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Whitney

Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney was an engineer. Eli was born on December 8th, 1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts. He breathed his last breath on January 8th, 1825.

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Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy is a character comedy, redneck comedy, country comedy, observational comedy, and satire musician. Larry was given the name Daniel Lawrence Whitney on February 17th, 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska.

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Grace Lee Whitney

Grace Lee Whitney was an actress, singer, actor, and singing. She was most prominent from 1947 to 2007. Grace was given the name Mary Ann Chase on April 1st, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. She died on May 1st, 2015.

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Meredith Whitney

Meredith Whitney is a financial analyst. Meredith was born on November 20th, 1969 in Summit, New Jersey.

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Whitney Blake

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a sculpture, private collection, sculptor, and art collector. Gertrude was given the name Gertrude Vanderbilt by her parents Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Claypoole Gwynne on January 9th, 1875 in New York City. She passed away on April 18th, 1942.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1884	9	0	9
1889	8	0	8
1893	5	0	5
1897	7	0	7
1899	9	0	9
1900	7	0	7
1903	6	0	6
1904	6	0	6
1905	5	0	5
1906	7	0	7
1907	7	0	7
1908	8	0	8
1909	13	0	13
1910	11	0	11
1911	8	0	8
1912	15	0	15
1913	33	0	33
1914	36	0	36
1915	45	0	45
1916	50	0	50
1917	42	0	42
1918	49	0	49
1919	45	0	45
1920	60	0	60
1921	57	0	57
1922	47	0	47
1923	41	0	41
1924	38	0	38
1925	41	0	41
1926	39	0	39
1927	36	0	36
1928	36	0	36
1929	39	0	39
1930	46	0	46
1931	49	0	49
1932	30	0	30
1933	42	0	42
1934	30	0	30
1935	32	0	32
1936	25	6	19
1937	32	6	26
1938	45	13	32
1939	26	5	21
1940	60	10	50
1941	45	10	35
1942	53	11	42
1943	50	8	42
1944	46	9	37
1945	53	9	44
1946	59	11	48
1947	50	13	37
1948	50	6	44
1949	45	8	37
1950	59	15	44
1951	55	0	55
1952	74	20	54
1953	59	11	48
1954	61	11	50
1955	62	10	52
1956	54	11	43
1957	65	14	51
1958	74	19	55
1959	65	11	54
1960	81	29	52
1961	117	48	69
1962	266	191	75
1963	351	271	80
1964	453	331	122
1965	383	296	87
1966	301	224	77
1967	294	221	73
1968	332	248	84
1969	356	289	67
1970	430	351	79
1971	427	327	100
1972	359	297	62
1973	358	294	64
1974	441	368	73
1975	477	412	65
1976	598	532	66
1977	782	693	89
1978	883	778	105
1979	1,080	949	131
1980	1,310	1,169	141
1981	1,437	1,302	135
1982	1,632	1,478	154
1983	1,854	1,688	166
1984	2,489	2,288	201
1985	4,069	3,833	236	#73 girl name
1986	9,778	9,533	245	#32 girl name
1987	9,076	8,921	155	#32 girl name
1988	7,966	7,851	115	#39 girl name
1989	6,388	6,307	81	#57 girl name
1990	5,982	5,905	77	#60 girl name
1991	5,278	5,240	38	#68 girl name
1992	4,042	4,010	32	#85 girl name
1993	4,102	4,077	25	#82 girl name
1994	3,591	3,566	25	#91 girl name
1995	2,806	2,780	26
1996	2,337	2,310	27
1997	1,978	1,961	17
1998	1,627	1,611	16
1999	1,444	1,426	18
2000	1,217	1,194	23
2001	910	899	11
2002	866	851	15
2003	690	675	15
2004	700	676	24
2005	663	652	11
2006	583	564	19
2007	544	533	11
2008	550	542	8
2009	604	595	9
2010	551	541	10
2011	568	563	5
2012	525	520	5
2013	490	481	9
2014	478	463	15
2015	453	446	7
2016	387	375	12
2017	336	323	13

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International Interest for Whitney

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Whitney	U.S.
█	White	85.44%	64.26%
█	African American	8.45%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.83%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.82%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.99%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.48%	16.26%

Of Last Name Whitney

People with the last name Whitney are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Whitney

What name lists does Whitney rank for?

#6 Fastest Rising Girl Name

#61 Unisex Names

#27 Girl Names Unique to the Southeast

#4 Girl Names Unique to the Rockies
How Popular is the name Whitney? Whitney is the 638^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Whitney was the 994^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Whitney have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 101,431 babies born with the first name Whitney in the United States. That's more than enough people named Whitney to occupy the country of Kiribati with an estimated population of 101,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Whitney? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1884 when it was given as a first name to 9 new born babies.
When was Whitney first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Whitney is Tuesday, December 22nd, 1868.
What year had the most people named Whitney born? The highest recorded use of the first name Whitney was in 1986 with a total of 9,533 babies. That's a lot of babies named Whitney!
Random Whitney Factoid: According to the 1986 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Whitney ranks 16^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Georgia. Imagine that, 362 babies in Georgia have the same name as you in 1986.
Weird things about the name Whitney: Your name in reverse order is Yentihw. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Htweiyn. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Whitney? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 35,118 people with the last name Whitney.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Whitney? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 12 of them will have Whitney as their last name.