Whitney
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English
Etymology
From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (wine–whine merger) /ˈwɪtni/, (without the wine–whine merger) /ˈʍɪtni/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Whitney
- A habitational surname from Middle English.
- 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.
- A male given name from surname
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press, 2004.