Given name & surname
Witney
“from the white island”
Witney is a variant of Whitney. One English interpretation is “from the white island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Witney is a variant of Whitney. One English interpretation is “from the white island.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Witney is a variant of Whitney. An origin associated with Whitney is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Witney is a variant of Whitney. The history of Whitney gives this family its wider story. Whitney’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Witney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 190
- 0 boys · 190 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 26 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 333 as a first name in 2020; 133 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Witney
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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