Submitted Surname Revision History

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10/9/2016, 6:44 AM LMS
5/30/2015, 2:37 PM Beautiful Victory merge 2 names
5/30/2015, 8:33 AM Frollein Gladys move from given name to surname
9/17/2010, 5:12 PM Polly Names

Name Whitman
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From Middle English whit ‘white’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname with the same sense as WHITE, or else an occupational name for a servant of a bearer of the nickname WHITE.

A famous person with this surname is American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892).
Added 9/17/2010 by Polly Names