Given name & surname
Whittley
“from the white meadow”
Whittley is a variant of Whitley. One English interpretation is “from the white meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Whittley is a variant of Whitley. One English interpretation is “from the white meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Whittley is a variant of Whitley. An origin associated with Whitley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Whittley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 16 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 girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 526 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.
Whittley’s family of names
Whittley has a related form in Whitley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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