Whitney

Proper noun

Whitney

1. A habitational surname from Middle English.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s due to the fame of Whitney Houston.
   • "I don't believe I've ever known a woman named 'Whitney'," I said, trying not to look too deeply into her bright blue eyes. "Or, hell, even a man for that matter."
     "You've never heard of Whitney Houston?"
     "Who's that?" I said, realizing that I had never gotten really serious about a woman with blue...1993, James Crumley, The Mexican Tree Duck, Picador, published 1994, →ISBN, page 138
   • “His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN
3. A male given name from surname.
4. A community in South Algonquin municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
5. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho.
6. An unorganized territory in Penobscot County, Maine.
7. A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
8. An unincorporated community in Harris Township, Menominee County, Michigan.
9. A village in Dawes County, Nebraska.
10. A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
11. An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
12. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.