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Whitney (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
/wɪtnɪ/

Word/name
  
Old English

Gender
  
Female (rarely Male)

Meaning
  
"from the white island"

Females

  • Whitney Able (born 1982), American actress
  • Whitney Ashley (born 1989), American athlete
  • Whitney Blake (1926–2002), American actress
  • Whitney Cummings (born 1982), American comedian, actress and television producer
  • Whitney Engen (born 1987), American soccer player
  • Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), American author
  • Whitney McVeigh (born 1968=, American artist
  • Whitney Hedgepeth (born 1971), American backstroke swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Whitney Houston (1963–2012), American singer and actress
  • Whitney Port (born 1985), star of The City on MTV
  • Whitney Rose, American country musician
  • Whitney Thompson (born 1987), winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10
  • Whitney Wolfe (born 1990), American entrepreneur
  • Males

  • Whitney Mercilus (born 1990), American football player
  • Whitney Straight (1912–1979), Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman
  • Whitney Tilson (born 1966), American investor, author, and philanthropist
  • Whitney Young (1921–1971), prominent civil rights leader
  • Whitney Smith (born 1940), professional vexillologist.
  • Fictional characters

  • Whitney (Pokémon), a Gym Leader in the Pokémon series
  • Whitney Dean, a fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Whitney Russell, a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Passions
  • References

    Whitney (given name) Wikipedia