Whitgift

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).

Proper noun

Whitgift (countable and uncountable, plural Whitgifts)

1. A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).
2. A habitational surname.
3. (UK) Ellipsis of Whitgift School; a prestigious public school for boys in Croydon.

Derived terms

• Whitgiftian

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Whitgift is the 101561^st most common surname in England, belonging to 19 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

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