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White is a surname either of English [1] or of Scottish and Irish origin, the latter being an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGillebhàin, "Son of the fair gillie" and the Irish "Mac Faoitigh" or "de Faoite".
Weiss or Weiß, also written Weis or Weisz, pronounced like "vice", is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, meaning 'white' in both German and Yiddish. It comes from Middle High German wîz (white, blonde) and Old High German (h)wīz (white, bright, shining). [1] Persons with that name include:
Blanco is a surname of Spanish origin, meaning "white". Notable people with the surname include: ... Tomás Blanco (disambiguation), multiple people with the name ...
"Washington" is a name of origin and refers to place names in England, such as Washington, Tyne and Wear, from which the ancestors of George Washington are said to have come. [1] The word became a surname in 1183 when William de Hertburn took the name William de Wassyngtona. [2] In 1657, the name came to Virginia.
However, the name was first found in Devon where it was seated both before and after the Norman Conquest. [3] In Great Britain, there are an estimated 3,169 individuals with the surname. According to the 1990 U.S. Census, Whiting is the 2,565th most popular surname in the United States, carried by 0.005% of the population.
Whitehead is a surname. Recorded in a number of spellings including Whithead, Whitehed, Whithed, and Whitsed, this surname is of English origins. It usually derives from the Old English pre–7th century word "hwit" meaning white, plus "heafod", a head, combined to form a descriptive nickname for someone with white hair.
Jackson (/ ˈ dʒ æ k s ən /) is a common surname of Scottish, Irish and English origin eventually becoming a common American surname also. In 1980, Jackson was the 24th most common surname in England and Wales. [1] In the 1990 United States Census, Jackson was the thirteenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.3% of the ...
MacMillan, Macmillan, McMillan, and M'Millan are variants of a Scottish surname; see also the similar surname McMillen. The origin of the name derives from the origin of the Scottish Clan MacMillan. The progenitor of the clan was said to be Airbertach, Hebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray.