Given name & surname · also Middle English

Whitter

“to whiten”

Whitter is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Whitter goes back to Old English hwītian, meaning “to whiten.”

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Where it comes from

Whitter comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English whitere, from Old English hwītian (“to whiten”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Whitcher

Whitcher is a surname from Old English.

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Old English

Whitwell

“white”

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Old English

Whittock

“white”

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Old English

Whiston

“white”

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Old English

Whitchurch

“white church”

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Old English

Whitbourn

“fair”

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Old English

Whitstone

“white”

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Old English

Whiteway

“white”

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