Whitman Forename

308,804th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 715 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Whitman Forename Definition:

A Old English name, meaning: White man.

Whitman Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
3921:924,83919,883
Peru
100%
881:361,2677,336
Venezuela
100%
611:495,11313,340
Colombia
100%
341:1,405,26313,813
Canada
100%
241:1,380,55723,993
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Ecuador-191:932,9967,538
Brazil
100%
81:26,779,519235,888
Jamaica-71:411,89011,384
Nicaragua
100%
71:859,76211,907
Cayman Islands-61:10,2161,399
Chile
67%
 
61:2,934,53517,145
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Honduras-51:1,763,49315,274
Zambia-41:3,963,69831,018
El Salvador-41:1,585,4468,153
England-31:18,534,307106,915
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Belize-11:354,3097,663

Whitman (30,135) may also be a surname.

Whitman Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Old English name, meaning: White man.

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

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