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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from Whithorn near Wigtown, named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + ærn ‘house’. The settlement is said to have been established in the 5th century by St. Ninian, and named from the white stone church built by him.

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