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Whitney is an Old English surname that derives from the location of Whitney in Herefordshire, England. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book with the spelling Witenie. The most plausible meaning for the name is ''White Water'', from the Anglo-Saxon ''hwit'' (white) and ''ey'' (water), and probably refers to the River Wye which runs through the area and which can become a torrent when heavy rains in the Welsh mountains cause it to swell. This surname has also been used as a first name for both males and females, and many locations around the world have been named Whitney after individuals with this name. ==People with the surname Whitney== * Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, American writer * Amos Whitney, American mechanical engineer and inventor * Arthur Whitney (disambiguation), several people * Asa Whitney (1797–1872), American merchant and railroad visionary * Asa Whitney (canal commissioner) (1791–1874), American inventor, politician and manufacturer * Ashley Whitney, American freestyle swimmer * Benson Whitney, American businessman and ambassador * Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, American social figure * Bill Whitney (Willard Whitney), American broadcaster * Carl Whitney, American Negro League baseball player * Charlotte Anita Whitney, American suffragist, civil rights activist, and Communist * Chris Whitney, American basketball player * Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American financier and horse breeder * Courtney Whitney, American lawyer and Army commander during World War II * Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born 1963), American comedian better known as Larry the Cable Guy * Dorothy Payne Whitney, American heiress and philanthropist * Edward Baldwin Whitney, American judge and political organizer * Eli Whitney, American inventor of the cotton gin * Elizabeth Whitney, American politician * Elizabeth Ann Whitney, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader, wife of Newel Kimball Whitney * Geraldine Weldon Whitney Saxon, Grand Dame widow to Senator Gordon Whitney and crime boss Anthony Saxon. from The Edge of Night * Gordon Whitney, late Senator and patriarch to the Monticello Whitney clan. From The Edge of Night * George Whitney (disambiguation), several people * Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American social figure, wife of Harry Payne Whitney * Glayde Whitney, American geneticist * Gil Whitney, American television weather forecaster * Grace Lee Whitney, American actress * Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and thoroughbred horsebreeder * Harry Whitney, American hunter and author who was in Greenland at the same time as Peary and Cook * Hassler Whitney, American mathematician, one of the founders of singularity theory * Henry Martyn Whitney (1824–1904), newspaper founder in the Kingdom of Hawaii * Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923), American industrialist * James Whitney (disambiguation), several people called James or Jim * Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (née Whitney) * John Whitney (disambiguation), several people called John or Jon * Josiah Whitney, American geologist, chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874), for whom Mount Whitney is named * Lenar Whitney, Louisiana politician * Marva Whitney, American funk singer * Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer * Marylou Whitney, American horseracing figure, widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney * Newel Kimball Whitney, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader * Orson F. Whitney, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader * Pauline Payne Whitney, American heiress * Payne Whitney, American businessman * Phyllis A. Whitney, American mystery writer * Ray Whitney (disambiguation), several people * Richard Whitney (disambiguation), several people called Rich or Richard * Robert Whitney (disambiguation), several people * Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player * Thomas Whitney (disambiguation), several people called Thomas or Tom * William Whitney (disambiguation), several people * Willis Rodney Whitney, American scientist 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whitney (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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