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Name Whitney

Meaning:

white island

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About the name Whitney in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Asteroid 4346 Whitney, discovered 1988
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Whitley, Britney Details

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About Whitney, the group of names with the same origin as Whitney

Meaning/translation:	white island
Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name derived form a place name meaning white island
Words:	hwit = white Old English
	ey = the island Old Norse
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	66:Whitney USA 1980-1989

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Popularity lists that contain the name Whitney

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 91, 1980-1989 66
USA yearly	Graph	2023 979, 2020 934, 2019 885, 2018 898, 2017 835, 2016 757, 2015 637, 2014 616, 2013 591, 2012 565, 2011 517, 2010 541, 2009 507, 2008 570, 2007 563, 2006 535, 2005 468, 2004 450, 2003 445, 2002 349, 2001 342, 2000 270, 1999 222, 1998 192, 1997 158, 1996 140, 1995 115, 1994 91, 1993 82