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English
wikipedia

Etymology
Place name from Middle English atten whiten ey "by the white island".

Proper noun
Whitney

1. A habitational surname.
2. given name|female derived from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s.

References
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Category:English surnames

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