Whitfield (surname)

Whitfield

Pronunciation	/ˈwɪtfiːld/
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Old English, German, Ashkenazi Jewish
Derivation	hwit + feld (Old English)
Meaning	white/chalky + open lands
Region of origin	England

Whitfield is a surname of Romany Gypsy Old English and Anglo-Saxon origins deriving from hwit (white or chalky) and feld (open lands). ^[1] It can also be an Americanized or Anglicised form of the German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname Weissfeld, composed of the elements weiss 'white' and feld 'field'.

Persons with the surname include:

• Allan George Williams Whitfield (1909–1987), English physician
• Andrew Whitfield (politician) (born 1982), South African politician
• Andrew Carnegie Whitfield (born 1910, disappeared 1938), nephew of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie who disappeared in New York in 1938
• Andy Whitfield (1971–2011), Welsh-Australian actor
• Anne Whitfield, American actress
• Arthur Whitfield (1868–1947), English physician and professor of medicine
• Barrence Whitfield (born 1955), American soul and R&B vocalist and bandleader
• Bob Whitfield (born 1971), American football player
• Brent Whitfield (born 1981), American soccer player
• Charles Whitfield (disambiguation)
• David Whitfield (1925–1980), British singer
• Dre'chir Whitfield (1989), American Business Mogul
• Dondré Whitfield (born 1969), American actor
• Dwayne Whitfield (born 1972), American basketball player
• Ed Whitfield (born 1943), American politician
• Evan Whitfield (born 1977), American soccer player
• Fred Whitfield (baseball) (1938–2013), American baseball player
• Fred Whitfield (rodeo) (born 1967), American calf roper
• Fredricka Whitfield (born 1965), American news anchor
• Garnell Whitfield (born 1957), American politician
• Henry L. Whitfield (1868–1927), American politician and Mississippi governor
• Jack Whitfield (1892–1927), Welsh rugby union player
• James Whitfield (disambiguation)
• John Whitfield (disambiguation)
• June Whitfield (1925–2018), English comedy actress
• Ken Whitfield (1930–1995), English footballer
• Kermit Whitfield (born 1993), American football player
• Lynn Whitfield (born 1953), American actress
• Mark Whitfield (born 1967), American jazz guitarist
• Martin Whitfield (born 1965), Scottish politician
• Mal Whitfield (1924–2015), American track athlete
• Mitchell Whitfield (born 1964), American actor
• Norman Whitfield (1940–2008), American songwriter and producer
• Norman Whitfield (footballer) (1896–1962), English footballer
• Robert Parr Whitfield (1828–1910), American paleontologist
• Robin Whitfield (1943–2025), English rugby league referee
• Shelby Whitfield (1935–2013), American sportscaster
• Simon Whitfield (born 1975), Canadian triathlon athlete
• Stephen Whitfield (disambiguation)
• Thomas Whitfield (disambiguation)
• Terry Whitfield (born 1953), American baseball player
• Trent Whitfield (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Vantile Whitfield (1930–2005), American arts administrator
• Wesla Whitfield (1947–2018), American singer
• Wilf Whitfield (1916–1995), English footballer
• Havilyn Whitfield (born, 2004), American Professional Graphic Artist

See also

• General Whitfield (disambiguation)
• Governor Whitfield (disambiguation)
• Justice Whitfield (disambiguation)
• William Henry Whitfeld (1856–1915), English mathematician
• Whitfield (disambiguation)
• Whitefield (disambiguation), sometimes spelled Whitfield

References

1. "Surname Database: Whitfield Last Name Origin". Name Origin Research. Retrieved 16 September 2012.