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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.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

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