Whitaker
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning white field or white acre.
Whitaker by the numbers
Whitaker was given to 57 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Whitaker. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Whittakerdweller by the white acre or field14 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Whitaker, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Whitaker, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Finnfair or white706 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Arjunbright; shining; white136 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Whitaker
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