Whitney (given name)
Whitney is both a masculine and feminine given name.
| Pronunciation | /ˈhwɪtni/ WHIT-nee |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female, Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old English |
| Meaning | "from the white island"[1] |
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 (born 1986), American country musician
- Whitney Thompson (born 1987), winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10
- Whitney Way Thore (born 1984), American television personality
- Whitney Wolfe Herd (born 1989), American entrepreneur
- Whitney Bourne (1914-1998), American actress
- Whitney Kershaw (1962), American actress
- Whitney Avalon, American actress
- Whitney Sloan (1988), British actress
- Whitney Dylan (born 1976), American actress
- Whitney Williams, American businesswoman and political candidate
- Whitney Crothers Dilley, American professor
- Whitney Westerfield (born 1980), American politician
- Whitney Issik, Canadian politician
- Whitney Anderson (born 1931), American politician
- Whitney Conder (born 1988), American wrestler
- Whitney Gardner, Canadian author
- Whitney Engen (born 1987), American soccer player
- Whitney Genoway (born 1986), Canadian water polo player
- Whitney Chadwick, American historian
- Whitney Otto, American novelist
- Whitney Udelson, American product manager
- Whitney Jensen, American ballet dancer
Males
- A. Whitney Brown (born 1952), American actor, comedian, writer
- Whitney Mercilus (born 1990), American football player
- Whitney Straight (1912–1979), American Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman
- Whitney Tilson (born 1966), American investor, author, and philanthropist
- Whitney North Seymour (1901–1983), American lawyer
- Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923–2019), American politician
- Whitney Smith (1940-2016), American professional vexillologist.
- Whitney Young (1921–1971), American civil rights leader
Fictional characters
- Whitney, a fictional character from the TV series Barney & Friends
- Whitney, a fictional character from the Animal Crossing series
- 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
- Whitney Conway Ellsworth, a fictional character on the HBO series Deadwood
gollark: I mean, it's not a potatOS bug, and I only came up with the naming scheme for those...
gollark: Oh dear. I'll have to assign it a number and add it to the bug tracker.
gollark: ... well, if you're sure, I guess.
gollark: I finally got round to labelling all the bugfixes in potatOS (or at least the more important ones in core code which still have some evidence of being there) to help explain to people debugging it what they do.
gollark: ... why tie your entire domain to some platform you write projects for?
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Whitney
- Whitney (surname)
- Witney (name)
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