Whittlesey
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (town): Whittlesea (an older spelling which is still used by the local railway station)
- (surname): Whitsey
Etymology[edit]
From the Old English personal name Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).
Proper noun[edit]
Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whittlesey is the 24554th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1018 individuals. Whittlesey is most common among White (84.77%) individuals.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whittlesey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English