Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
WHITMAN
We don't have any stats on how common this name is. This is probably because it's very rare in the UK.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
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The Whitman surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
From wight, in old English, lively, quick, and man, or from the Dutch, wight, weighty, ponderous, Wightman, a stout man, or it may be, after all, simply White-man.