Wheelock or Wheelocke is an English surname and given name. It is derived from the Proto-Celtic ancestor of the Welsh language word "chevel-og", meaning "winding river".
The family name Whelan /ˈhwiːlən/ is an anglicisation of the Irish surname, Ó Faoláin. ... "Ó" (anglicised as "O'") derives from the Old Irish "úa", meaning "grandson", or more figuratively "patrilineal descendent".
Meaning of name Whetu. Etymology : Means "star" in Maori.
Meanings and history of the name Whidbey: | Edit. Whidbey is an English surname. The family lived in Yorkshire, at Whitby. Famous real-life people named Whidbey: | Edit. Joseph Whidbey (1755-1833), Royal Navy officer and Master of the HMS Discovery.
Whistler Name Meaning. English: from an agent derivative of Middle English whistle (Old English hwistle, of imitative origin), hence an occupational name for a player on a pipe or flute, or possibly a nickname for an habitual whistler.
Whit may refer to: Whit or Whitsun, another name for the holy day of Pentecost.
English: habitational name from the port in North Yorkshire named Whitby, from Old Norse hvÃtr 'white' or the personal name HvÃti + býr 'farmstead', 'settlement', or from a place of the same name in Cheshire, originally named with Old English hwit 'white' (i.e. stone-built) + burh 'manor house', 'fortified place'.
Whitcomb Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe.
English Meaning: The name Whitelaw is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Whitelaw is: From the white hill.
Pale, white-skinned. Gender: Boy | Origin: English. Whitey is a perfectly fine name if you are a baseball player in the 1920s -- but today it's the equivalent of naming your kid Cracker.
