Whitter Name Meaning. English (chiefly Lancashire): occupational name for a whitewasher, from an agent derivative of Old English hwitian 'to whiten'.
Whittier Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a white-leather dresser, from Middle English whit 'white' + taw(i)er 'tawer' (from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) 'to prepare').
Whittley Family History. Whittley Name Meaning English: variant spelling of Whitley. 15,526 Historical Documents with Whittley on Ancestry 6,324 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths 4,134 Census and Voter Lists 570 Military Records 476 Immigration Records 4,022 Member Trees.
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English. Its popular use as a feminine name was initiated by actress Whitney Blake (1925-2002) in the 1960s, and further boosted in the 1980s by singer Whitney Houston (1963-2012).
The meaning of the name Whoopi is Celebration. The origin of the name Whoopi is American. This is the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word, the language. Whoopi Goldberg, actress/comedian.
