Whitney

English

Etymology

From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Whitney

  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.
    • 1993, James Crumley, The Mexican Tree Duck, Picador, published 1994, →ISBN, page 138:
      "I don't believe I've ever known a woman named 'Whitney'," I said, trying not to look too deeply into her bright blue eyes. "Or, hell, even a man for that matter."
      "You've never heard of Whitney Houston?"
      "Who's that?" I said, realizing that I had never gotten really serious about a woman with blue eyes.
    • 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN‎[1]:
      “His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.
  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:
    1. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho.
    2. An unorganized territory in Penobscot County, Maine.
    3. A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
    4. An unincorporated community in Harris Township, Menominee County, Michigan.
    5. A village in Dawes County, Nebraska.
    6. A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
    7. An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
    8. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
    9. A city in Hill County, Texas.
    10. A ghost town in Skagit County, Washington.
    11. A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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