| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Old English |
| Meaning | The white or fair offspring |
| Region of origin | England |
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 documentation from the late 11th Century and has a number of variant forms ranging from 'Whiteing', and 'Whitting' to 'Witting'.[2] However, the name was first found in Devon where it was seated both before and after the Norman Conquest.[3]
In Great Britain, there are an estimated 3,169 individuals 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.
People with the surname
- A. Chapin Whiting (1825–1899), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Alan Whiting, British screenwriter
- Albert N. Whiting (1917–2020), President and Chancellor of North Carolina College
- Albert Whiting (1866–1946), Australian cricketer
- Algernon Whiting (1861–1931), English first-class cricketer and tea planter
- Allen S. Whiting (1926–2018), American political scientist specializing in China
- Anderson Whiting, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Andrea Whiting, fictional character on the American soap opera Search for Tomorrow
- Ant Whiting, writer/producer signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Arthur Batelle Whiting (1861–1936), American teacher, pianist, composer, and writer on music
- Arthur Whiting (1878–1938), British politician
- Barbara Whiting (1931–2004), American actress
- Beatrice Blyth Whiting (1914–2003), American anthropologist
- Betty Whiting (1925–1967), American baseball player
- Bob Whiting (1883–1917), aka Pom Pom Whiting, English professional footballer
- Brandon Whiting (born 1976), former American football player
- Brendan Whiting 1936–2009, Australian author and researcher
- Calvin Whiting (born 1995), South African-born American rugby union player
- Carl Whiting (born 1981), New Zealand sailor
- Chancey Whiting (1819–1902), Latter Day Saint leader
- Charles Whiting (1926–2007), British writer and military historian
- Charles Whiting (cricketer) (1888–1959), English cricketer
- Charles S. Whiting (1863–1922), Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- Charlie Whiting (1952–2019), FIA Formula One race director
- Chris Whiting (born 1966), Australian politician
- Cliff Whiting (1936–2017), New Zealand Maori artist
- Danny Whiting, fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Ed Whiting (1860–?), American professional baseball player
- Elizabeth Whiting (born 1952), stage costume designer from New Zealand
- Erle Whiting (1876–1958), the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
- Fred Whiting (born 1938), American former politician
- Frederic Allen Whiting (1873–1959), advocate for education, pioneer for public outreach, philanthropist
- 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
- Gordon Whiting (1942–2018), judge of the Environment Court of New Zealand
- Graham Whiting (born 1946), New Zealand former rugby footballer
- Henry H. Whiting (1923–2012), member of the Supreme Court of Virginia in the 1980s and 1990s
- Isaac Whiting (1842–1922), the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
- Jack Whiting (1894–1975), English cricketer
- Jack Whiting (actor) (1901–1961), American actor, singer and dancer
- James Whiting (born 1949), known professionally as Sugar Blue, American blues harmonica player
- James R. Whiting (1803–1872), New York judge
- Jeff Whiting (born 1972), American theater director, choreographer, performer and entrepreneur
- Jennifer Whiting, American philosopher who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh
- Jesse Whiting (1879–1937), pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Jillian Whiting, Australian news presenter
- Jim Whiting (born 1951), British artist and inventor
- John Lanyon Whiting (1851–1922), lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada
- John Whiting (1917–1963), John Robert Whiting, English actor, dramatist and critic
- John Whiting (anthropologist) (1908–1999), John Wesley Mayhew Whiting, American sociologist and anthropologist
- John Whiting (MP) (died 1430), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer
- Julian Whiting (1912–2004), the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
- 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 (1847–1942), American journalist and author
- Lorenzo D. Whiting (1819–1889), American politician
- Lynn S. Whiting (1939–2017), trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses
- Margaret Whiting (1924–2011), American popular music and country music singer
- Margaret Whiting (actress) (born 1933), British film and television actress
- Marian Muriel Whiting (1881–1978), British horticulturalist and plant collector
- Mark Whiting (born 1964), American writer, director, designer and actor
- Mary Collins Whiting (1835–1912), lawyer, business woman, teacher
- Michael F. Whiting, American director of the Brigham Young University DNA Sequencing Center
- Michael Whiting (born 1960), former American football fullback in the United States Football League
- Milton Whiting (1922–2010), Australian politician
- Napoleon Whiting (1910–1984), African-American character actor
- Nathan Whiting (1724–1771), soldier and merchant in colonial America
- Nathaniel Whiting (mill owner) (1609-1682), a settler of Dedham, Massachusetts
- Nathaniel N. Whiting (1792–1872), American Baptist preacher
- Norman Whiting (1920–2014), English cricketer
- Onslow Whiting (1872–1937), was an English sculptor and teacher
- Pat Whiting (1940–2010), American activist and politician from Oregon
- Paul Whiting, New Zealand yacht designer during the 1970s and early 1980s
- Percy H. Whiting, American author, newspaper reporter and professional speaker
- Peter Whiting (footballer), New Zealand football goalkeeper
- Peter Whiting (rugby union) (born 1946), New Zealand rugby union 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 (1930–2014), Canadian politician
- Ryan Whiting (born 1986), American track and field athlete
- Samuel Whiting, Jr. (1633–1733), First Minister of Billerica, Massachusetts
- Sarah Frances Whiting (1847–1927), American physicist and astronomer
- Sarah Whiting (born 1964), American architect, critic, Dean of the Rice University School of Architecture
- Scott Whiting (born 1978), Australian former rugby league footballer
- Stephen N. Whiting, Lieutenant General in the United States Space Force
- Tossie Whiting (1879–1958), American educator and Dean of Women at Virginia State University
- Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, feminist scholar
- Val Whiting (born 1972), former professional basketball player
- W. H. Whiting Jr. (1862–1949), twice acting president of Hampden–Sydney College
- Walter Whiting (1888–1952), English cricketer
- Warren Whiting (1816–1897), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 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 (Massachusetts politician) (1813–1873), American congressman from Massachusetts
- William Whiting II (politician) (1841–1911), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- William Austin Whiting (1855–1908) was an American lawyer and politician of Hawaii
- William Dean Whiting (1815–1891), American silversmith and jeweler
- 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 officer
- Zach Whiting (born 1987), the Iowa State Senator from the 1st District
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.
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