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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : He who whistles

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from an agent derivative of Middle English whistle (Old English hwistle, of imitative origin), hence an occupational name for a player on a pipe or flute, or possibly a nickname for an habitual whistler.

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