Whitney (given name)
American singer
Whitney Houston
performing on Good Morning America (Central Park, New York City) on September 1, 2009.
Whitney
Pronunciation
/
ˈ
hw
ɪ
t
n
i
/
WHIT
-nee
Gender
Unisex
Origin
Word/name
Old English
Meaning
"from the white island"
Whitney
or
Whittney
is both a masculine and a feminine given name.
Women
Whitney Able
(born 1982), American actress
Whitney Adebayo
(born 1997), English television personality
Whitney Ashley
(born 1989), American athlete
Whitney Avalon
, American singer-songwriter and actress
Whitney Blake
(1926
–
2002), American actress and director
Whitney Boddie
(born 1987), American basketball player
Whitney Bourne
(1914
–
1998), American actress
Whitney Chadwick
(born 1943), American art historian and educator
Whitney Chewston
(born 2016), viral dog
Whitney Chitwood
, American stand-up comedian
Whitney Conder
(born 1988), American wrestler
Whitney Cummings
(born 1982), American comedian, actress and television producer
Whitney Crothers Dilley
, American professor
Whitney Dosty
(born 1988), American sitting volleyball player
Whitney Duncan
(born 1984), American singer and songwriter
Whitney Dylan
(born 1976), American actress
Whitney Engen
(born 1987), American soccer player
Whitney Fitzsimmons
, Australian journalist
Whitney Gardner
, Canadian author
Whitney Gaskell
(born 1972), American author
Whitney Hedgepeth
(born 1971), American backstroke swimmer
Whitney Wolfe Herd
(born 1989), American entrepreneur
Whitney Hermandorfer
(born 1987), American lawyer
Whitney Agee Hollman
, American cheerleader and coach
Whitney Houston
(1963
–
2012), American singer and actress
Whitney Issik
, Canadian politician
Whitney Jensen
(born 1992), American ballet dancer
Whitney Kershaw
(born 1962), American actress
Whitney Lynn
, American artist and academic
Whitney Ann Kroenke
(born 1977), American heiress
Whitney McVeigh
(born 1968), American artist
Whitney Mélinard
(born 2001), Dominican activist
Whitney Miguel
(born 1991), Angolan and French basketball player
Whitney Miller
(born 1988), American chef
Whitney Osuigwe
(born 2002), American tennis player
Whitney Otto
(born 1955), American novelist
Whitney Peak
(born 2003), Ugandan-Canadian actress
Whitney Peyton
, American rapper
Whitney Phillips
, American songwriter
Whitney Phillips (author)
, American media studies scholar and author
Whitney Port
(born 1985), American actor and fashion designer
Whitney Reynolds
(born 1986), American television talk show host and writer
Whitney Rose
(born 1986), American country musician
Whitney Rose
(born 1986), American television personality
Whitney Shikongo
(born 1995), Angolan model and beauty pageant titleholder
Whitney Sloan
(born 1988), British actress
Whitney Thompson
(born 1987), American plus-size model
Whitney Tyson
, Filipino actress, singer and comedian.
Whitney Way Thore
(born 1984), American television personality
Whitney Woerz
(born 2000), American singer-songwriter
Whitney Williams
(born 1970/1971), American businesswoman and political candidate
Whitney Wright
(born 1991), American pornographic actor and director
Men
Whitney Anderson
(born 1931), American politician
Whitney Balliett
(1926–2007), American music journalist and author
A. Whitney Brown
(born 1952), American actor, comedian, writer
Whitney Ellsworth
(1908–1980), American writer
Whitney Genoway
(born 1986), Canadian water polo player
Whitney Halstead
(1926–1979), American art historian
Whit Johnson
(born 1982), American journalist
Whitney MacMillan
(1929–2020), American businessman
Whitney Mercilus
(born 1990), American football player
Whitney North Seymour
(1901
–
1983), American lawyer
Whitney North Seymour Jr.
(1923
–
2019), American politician
Whitney Paul
(born 1953), American football player
Whitney Rydbeck
(1945–2024), American actor
Whitney Shepardson
(1890–1966), American businessman and foreign policy expert
Whitney Smith
(1940
–
2016), American professional vexillologist
Whitney Straight
(1912
–
1979), American Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman
Whitney Strub
, academic
Whitney Sudler-Smith
(born 1968), American film director
Whitney Tilson
(born 1966), American investor and political activist
Whitney Tower
(1923–1999), American horse racing journalist
Whitney Warren
(1864–1943), American architect
Whitney Westerfield
(born 1980), American politician
Whitney Young
(1921
–
1971), American civil rights leader
Whitney M. Young Sr.
(1897–1975), African American educator
Fictional characters
Whitney, a character from the
Animal Crossing
series
Whitney, a character from the PBS children's TV series
Barney & Friends
Whitney, a Gym Leader in the
Pokémon
series
Whitney Dean
, a character in BBC soap opera
EastEnders
Whitney Conway Ellsworth, a character on the HBO series
Deadwood
Whittney Fox, a character from
Louds
Whitney Russell
, a character on the NBC soap opera
Passions
Whitney Fordman, a character on the TV series
Smallville
See also
All pages with titles beginning with
Whitney
Whitney (surname)
Witney (name)
References
↑
"Ohbabynames.com"
. 13 March 2013.
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