Whitstone
English
Etymology
From Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”).
Proper noun
Whitstone (countable and uncountable, plural Whitstones)
- A village and civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2698).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Whitstone is the 88794th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 288 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitstone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN