Whittlesey

English

Alternative forms

• (town): Whittlesea (an older spelling which is still used by the local railway station)
• (surname): Whitsey

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

Proper noun

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whittlesey is the 24554^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1018 individuals. Whittlesey is most common among White (84.77%) individuals.

See also

• Whittlesea

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whittlesey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.