Whitley Forename

186,470th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,699 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Whitley Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of the white lea.

Whitley Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
 
83%
1,5191:238,6688,015
Netherlands
 
61%
681:248,5608,484
Jamaica-301:96,1084,186
England
50%
 
191:2,926,47032,508
South Africa
 
83%
141:3,895,18990,619
Brazil-71:30,605,165257,261
Canada-51:6,626,67458,631
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Grenada
100%
21:54,0623,078
Saint Lucia
50%
 
21:88,9085,280
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Suriname
100%
11:552,8115,457
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Afghanistan
100%
11:32,623,51666,536
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
France
100%
11:66,470,34085,030
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727

Whitley (43,483) may also be a surname.

Whitley Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of the white lea.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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