At a Glance: Name: Whitby – Meaning: 'white town' or 'white settlement' – Origin: Old Norse – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: WHIT-bee
Whitby is an Old Norse unisex name meaning “'white town' or 'white settlement'”. It appears in our list of 175+ Coastal Baby Names for Sea-Loving Families.
Meaning & Origin of Whitby
Meaning: 'white town' or 'white settlement'.
Origin: Old Norse.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Whitby
Phonetic: WHIT-bee IPA: /ˈwɪtbi/
Popularity of Whitby
Whitby doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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