Whitgift
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English
Etymology
From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).
Proper noun
Whitgift (countable and uncountable, plural Whitgifts)
- A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).
- A habitational surname.
- (UK) Ellipsis of Whitgift School; a prestigious public school for boys in Croydon.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Whitgift is the 101561st most common surname in England, belonging to 19 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitgift”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears