Whitfield (surname)
Whitfield is a surname of Old English and Anglo-Saxon origins.[1] Sometimes the it's an Americanized form of the German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname Weissfeld, composed of the elements weiss 'white' and feld 'field'.
| Language(s) | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Meaning | white/chalky + field |
| Region of origin | England |
List of persons with the surname
- Allan George Williams Whitfield (1909–1987), English physician
- Andrew Whitfield (born 1982), South African politician
- 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
- David Whitfield (1925–1980), British singer
- 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 (1938–2013), American baseball player
- Fred Whitfield (rodeo) (born 1967), American calf roper
- Fredricka Whitfield (born 1965), American news anchor
- Henry L. Whitfield (1868–1927), American politician and Mississippi governor
- Jack Whitfield (1892–1927), Welsh rugby union player
- 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
- Shelby Whitfield (1935–2013), American sportscaster
- Simon Whitfield (born 1975), Canadian triathlon athlete
- Stephen Whitfield, several persons
- Thomas Whitfield (disambiguation), several people
- 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
See also
- William Henry Whitfeld (1856–1915), English mathematician
- Whitfield (disambiguation)
- Whitefield (disambiguation), sometimes spelled Whitfield
References
- "Surname Database: Whitfield Last Name Origin". Name Origin Research. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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