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Whitney

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. given name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtni/ / /ˈʍɪtni/

name

Etymology: From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".

  1. A habitational surname from Middle English.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s due to the fame of Whitney Houston.

    "I don't believe I've ever known a woman named 'Whitney'," I said, trying not to look too deeply into her bright blue eyes. "Or, hell, even a man for that matter." "You've never heard of Whitney Houston?" "Who's that?" I said, realizing that I had never gotten really serious about a woman with blue eyes.

    “His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.

  3. A male given name from surname.
  4. A community in South Algonquin municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
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