White

See also: white

English

As an English surname, from Middle English hwit (“white”), as a nickname for someone with white hair or pale complexion; in some cases from a personal name of the same meaning. See the modern adjective white.
Also as an English surname, from Old English *wiht (“bend”), found only in placenames, a derivative of the verb wican (“to yield, bend”); compare Wight.
As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, used as a translation of several Gaelic names containing the element bán and geal, including Mac Giolla bháin (McElwain, Kilbane), Ó Gealagáin (Galligan), Bán (Bane), and Ó Banáin (Bannon).
Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, an Anglicization of Irish de Faoite, itself from Anglo-Norman le White, le Whyte, from the same source as the English surname.

White (countable and uncountable, plural Whites)

A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.
A locale in the United States:
1. A minor city in Bartow County, Georgia; named for its first postmaster.
2. A city in South Dakota; named for its first European settler.
3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Washington; named for a Washington state judge.
4. A ghost town in Missouri; named for a local mining official.

According to the 2010 United States Census, White is the 24^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 660,491 individuals. White is most common among White (65.5%) and Black/African American (28.2%) individuals.

White (not comparable)

White (plural Whites)

Alternative letter-case form of white (“Caucasian”)
(historical, politics) An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.
Hypernym: anticommunist

From English White.

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