Whiteway

English

Etymology

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + weġ (“way, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪt.weɪ/
• Hyphenation: White‧way
• Rhymes: -aɪtweɪ

Proper noun

Whiteway (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteways)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. An eastern suburb of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6373).
   2. A former hundred in Dorset, England.
   3. A village, also known as Whiteway Colony, in Miserden parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9110).
   4. A western suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7263).
   5. A small town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after former PM William Whiteway. [From 1912]
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whiteway is the 102197^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 176 individuals. Whiteway is most common among White (89.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whiteway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.