as a Last Name
- 718,837
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named White
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, and Irish: from Middle English whit ‘white’, hence a nickname for someone with white hair or an unnaturally pale complexion. In some cases it represents a Middle English personal name, from an Old English byname, Hwīt(a), of this origin. As a Scottish and Irish surname it has been widely used as a translation of the many Gaelic names based on bán ‘white’ (see Bain 1) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). There has also been some confusion with Wight.
| 19th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Whitaker, Whitehead, Whitney, Whitfield, Whitley, Whitman, Whittaker, Whittington, Whitlock, Whiting
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 718,837
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named White per capita
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