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Surname Etymology and Meaning of WHITING

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(origin: Sax.) The white or fair offspring. The Saxon termination ing, denoted offspring or child, as Cuthing, the child of Cuth, Dun-ning, the brown offspring, &c.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).