whitney
/ˈwɪtni/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A habitational surname from Middle English.
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A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s due to the fame of Whitney Houston.
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A male given name from surname.
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A community in South Algonquin municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- ""I don't believe I've ever known a woman named 'Whitney'," I said, trying not to look too deeply into her bright blue eyes. "Or, hell, even a man for that matter." "You've never heard of Whitney Houston?" "Who's that?" I said, realizing that I had never gotten really serious about a woman with blue eyes."
- "“His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: hwītan