English Explanatory Dictionary

Whitehurst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A hamlet in Dilhorne parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9745).

Word forms

Whitehurst Whitehursts

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).

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