Whitney

Meanings

1. A habitational surname from Middle English.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s due to the fame of Whitney Houston.
3. A male given name from surname.
4. A community in South Algonquin municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho.
7. An unorganized territory in Penobscot County, Maine.
8. A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
9. An unincorporated community in Harris Township, Menominee County, Michigan.
10. A village in Dawes County, Nebraska.
11. A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
12. An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.

Etymology

From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".