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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English of uncertain origin; possibly : of uncertain origin; possibly: habitational name from an unidentified place named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + ēg ‘island’ or (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.
  • English of uncertain origin; possibly : nickname for someone with unusually pale eyes, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + eye ‘eye’.

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