Whitney (given name)

Whitney

Pronunciation	/ˈhwɪtni/ 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.

Females

• Whitney Able (born 1982), American actress
• Whitney Adebayo (born 1997), English television personality
• Whitney Ashley (born 1989), American athlete
• Whitney Avalon, American actress
• Whitney Blake (1926–2002), American actress
• Whitney Bourne (1914–1998), American actress
• Whitney Chadwick (born 1943), American historian
• 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 Dylan (born 1976), American actress
• Whitney Engen (born 1987), American soccer player
• Whitney Gardner, Canadian author
• Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), American author
• Whitney Genoway (born 1986), Canadian water polo player
• Whitney Hedgepeth (born 1971), American backstroke swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Whitney Wolfe Herd (born 1989), American entrepreneur
• 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 McVeigh (born 1968), American artist
• Whitney Otto (born 1955), American novelist
• Whitney Port (born 1985), star of The City on MTV
• Whitney Rose (born 1986), American country musician
• Whitney Rose (TV personality) (born 1986), American television personality
• Whitney Sloan (born 1988), British actress
• Whitney Thompson (born 1987), winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10
• Whitney Tyson, Filipino actress, singer and comedian.
• Whitney Way Thore (born 1984), American television personality
• Whitney Williams, American businesswoman and political candidate

Males

• Whitney Anderson (born 1931), American politician
• A. Whitney Brown (born 1952), American actor, comedian, writer
• Whit Johnson (born 1982), American journalist
• Whitney Mercilus (born 1990), American football player
• Whitney North Seymour (1901–1983), American lawyer
• Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923–2019), American politician
• Whitney Smith (1940–2016), American professional vexillologist
• Whitney Straight (1912–1979), American Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman
• Whitney Westerfield (born 1980), American politician
• Whitney Young (1921–1971), American civil rights leader

Fictional characters

• Whitney, a fictional character from the Animal Crossing series
• Whitney, a fictional character from the PBS children's TV series Barney & Friends
• Whitney, a Gym Leader in the Pokémon series
• Whitney Dean, a fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Whitney Conway Ellsworth, a fictional character on the HBO series Deadwood
• Whittney Fox, a character from Louds
• Whitney Russell, a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Passions
• Whitney Fordman, a fictional character on the TV series Smallville

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Whitney
• Whitney (surname)
• Witney (name)