Whitgift
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).
Proper noun[edit]
Whitgift (countable and uncountable, plural Whitgifts)
- A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).
- A habitational surname.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Whitgift is the 101561st most common surname in England, belonging to 19 individuals.
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitgift”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
- English surnames from Old English