Meaning & origin
What it means
Whitmore goes back to Old English hwīt, meaning “white.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Whitmore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1915. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,735 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Whitmore’s family of names
In English usage, Whitmore as a surname has a related form in WHITMER. In English usage, Whitmore as a surname has a related form in WHITMIRE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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