Family name origins & meanings
- English and Scottish : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Northumberland, and East Lothian, originally named in Old English as Hwītingahām ‘homestead (Old English hām) of the people of Hwīta’, a byname meaning ‘white’.
- Richand Whittingham and his son, also called Richard, brass founders from Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, came to New York City in 1791, where they established a successful business.