Whiting (surname)
| Whiting | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
 White offspring | |
| Meaning | The white or fair offspring |
| Region of origin | England |
| Language(s) of origin | Old English |
The surname Whiting is of Saxon origin meaning 'the white or fair offspring'.[1] The Saxon suffix "-ing" denotes 'son of' or 'offspring'. It is a patronymic name from the Old English pre 7th Century 'Hwita' meaning 'the white' or 'fair one'. The surname first appears in the late 11th Century and has a number of variant forms ranging from 'Whiteing', and 'Whitting' to 'Witting'.[2] The name was first found in Devon where it was seated both before and after the Norman Conquest.[3]
Persons
In Great Britain, there are an estimated 3,169 with the surname Whiting.[4]
According to the 1990 U.S. Census, Whiting is the 2,565th most popular surname in the United States, carried by 0.005% of the population.
- Alan Whiting, British screenwriter
- Andrea Whiting, fictional character on the American soap opera Search for Tomorrow
- Ant Whiting, writer/producer signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Barbara Whiting Smith (1931–2004), American actress
- Betty Whiting (1925–1967), American baseball player
- Brandon Whiting (born 1976), former American football player
- Brendan Whiting 1936–2009, Australian author and researcher
- Charles Whiting (1926–2007), British writer and military historian
- Charles Whiting (cricketer) (1888–1959), English cricketer
- Charlie Whiting (born 1952), FIA Formula One race director
- Cliff Whiting (born 1936), New Zealand Maori artist
- Danny Whiting, fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Ed Whiting (1860–?), American professional baseball player
- Frederic Whiting (1874–1962), English painter
- Gains Whiting (1865–1946), New Zealand trade unionist and political activist
- George Whiting (1840–1923), American composer of classical music
- George A. Whiting (1884–1943), American vaudeville song and dance man
- Henry H. Whiting (born 1923), member of the Supreme Court of Virginia in the 1980s and 90s
- Jack Whiting (1894–1975), English cricketer
- James Whiting (born 1949), known professionally as Sugar Blue, American blues harmonica player
- James R. Whiting (1803–1872), New York judge
- Jillian Whiting, Australian news presenter
- Jim Whiting (born 1951), British artist and inventor
- Justin Rice Whiting (1847–1903), politician from Michigan
- John Whiting (1917–1963), John Robert Whiting, English dramatist and critic
- John Whiting (anthropologist) (1908–1999), John Wesley Mayhew Whiting, American anthropologist
- Justin Rice Whiting (1847–1903), Michigan politician
- Ken Whiting (born 1974), Canadian kayaker
- Kenneth Whiting (1881–1943), United States Navy officer and American pioneer of naval aviation
- Leonard Whiting (born 1950), British actor
- Lilian Whiting (1859–1942), American journalist and author
- Lorenzo D. Whiting (1819–1889), American politician
- Margaret Whiting (1924–2011), traditional pop music singer, daughter of Richard A. Whiting
- Mark Whiting (born 1964), American writer, director, designer and actor
- Michael F. Whiting, American director of the Brigham Young University DNA Sequencing Center
- Napoleon Whiting (1910–1984), African-American character actor
- Nathan Whiting (1724–1771), soldier and merchant in colonial America
- Nathaniel N. Whiting (1792–1872), American Baptist preacher
- Norman Whiting (born 1920), English former cricketer
- Peter Whiting, New Zealand association football player
- Richard Whiting (abbot) (died 1539), last abbot of Glastonbury Abbey before Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Richard Whiting (rugby league), English rugby league player
- Richard A. Whiting (1891–1938), writer of popular songs, father of Margaret Whiting and Barbara Whiting Smith
- Richard H. Whiting (1826–1888), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Robert Whiting (born 1942), American author and journalist
- Roy Whiting (born 1959), English murderer of Sarah Payne
- Rutherford Lester Whiting (born 1930), Canadian politician
- Samuel Whiting, Jr. (1633–1733), First Minister of Billerica, Massachusetts
- Sarah Whiting, Dean of the Rice University School of Architecture
- Sarah Frances Whiting (1847–1927), American physicist and astronomer
- Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, feminist scholar
- Walter Whiting (1888–1952), English cricketer
- William Whiting (footballer), English footballer
- William Whiting (poet) (1825–1878), English writer and hymnist, wrote the words to Eternal Father, Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn)
- William Whiting (politician) (1813–1873), American congressman from Massachusetts
- William Whiting II (politician) (1841–1911), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- William F. Whiting (1864–1936), William Fairfield Whiting, Massachusetts politician, United States Secretary of Commerce 1928–1929
- William H. C. Whiting (1824–1865), William Henry Chase Whiting, American Civil War army officers
See also
References
- ↑ "Whiting Surname Origin & Last Name Meaning with Genealogy & Family History Resources". Searchforancestors.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ↑ "Surname Database: Whiting Last Name Origin". Surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ↑ "Whiting Family Crest and History". Houseofnames.com. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ↑ "Whiting : the surname Whiting - sofeminine". Surname.sofeminine.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-14.