Baby name
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🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Whitley
/WIT · lee/
Meaning
“White clearing”
An English surname and place name meaning 'white clearing', from Old English hwit ('white') and leah ('woodland clearing'). Several English villages are called Whitley. In the United States it was adopted as a given name and popularized by the character Whitley Gilbert on the sitcom A Different World (1987-1993).
Nicknames
whit
Vibe
warmgroundedstrong
How it ages.
A modern, surname-style pick that reads fresh rather than dated, well established in the United States without being overused.
The cultural moment.
Rare; most familiar as a surname that has crossed over into use as a given name in the United States.