Whittle Name Meaning: A habitational name for any one of a number of places named 'Whittle'. Old English 'Hwit'meaning white + 'Hyll',meaning hill.
The name is of English origin.Another posible derivation is 'Hwit' white + 'wella' spring or stream. (dweller by the stream).White could have been descriptive for how clean & clear the stream may have been.
Discover how your Whittle ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 13 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 |
| Berkshire | 8 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 15 |
| Cheshire | 193 |
| Cornwall | 8 |
| Cumberland | 32 |
| Derbyshire | 59 |
| Devon | 48 |
| Dorset | 222 |
| Durham | 200 |
| Essex | 68 |
| Gloucestershire | 106 |
| Hampshire | 137 |
| Herefordshire | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 16 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 15 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 80 |
| Lancashire | 4,423 |
| Leicestershire | 121 |
| Lincolnshire | 31 |
| London | 423 |
| Middlesex | 89 |
| Northumberland | 154 |
| Norfolk | 15 |
| Northamptonshire | 65 |
| Nottinghamshire | 138 |
| Oxfordshire | 6 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 15 |
| Shropshire | 26 |
| Suffolk | 68 |
| Somerset | 120 |
| Surrey | 98 |
| Sussex | 43 |
| Staffordshire | 197 |
| Warwickshire | 85 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 69 |
| Worcestershire | 115 |
| Yorkshire | 280 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 4 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 2 |
| Flintshire | 6 |
| Glamorgan | 50 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 15 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Cotton Weaver | 274 |
| General Labourer | 84 |
| Living On Own Means | 80 |
| Cotton Spinner | 63 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 60 |
| Dress Maker | 56 |
| Farmer | 37 |
| General Servant Domestic | 35 |
| Coal Hewer | 35 |
| Scholar | 33 |
| Domestic Servant | 31 |
| Cotton Card Room Hand | 29 |
| Cotton Winder | 27 |
| Cook Domestic | 21 |
| Coal Miner | 21 |
| Gardener Domestic | 17 |
| Dressmaker | 16 |
| Blacksmith | 16 |
| Iron Moulder | 15 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 15 |
| Cotton C Weaver | 15 |
| Grocer | 15 |
| Butcher | 14 |
| House Keeper Domestic | 14 |
| House Maid Domestic | 14 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Whittle | 3,421 |
| Mary Whittle | 3,404 |
| William Whittle | 2,941 |
| Elizabeth Whittle | 2,229 |
| James Whittle | 2,201 |
| Thomas Whittle | 2,137 |
| Sarah Whittle | 1,420 |
| Ann Whittle | 1,315 |
| Margaret Whittle | 1,199 |
| George Whittle | 1,185 |
| Alice Whittle | 1,182 |
| Ellen Whittle | 1,130 |
| Jane Whittle | 1,117 |
| Joseph Whittle | 972 |
| Henry Whittle | 856 |
| Richard Whittle | 833 |
| Robert Whittle | 715 |
| Edward Whittle | 697 |
| Annie Whittle | 607 |
| Charles Whittle | 585 |
| Eliza Whittle | 524 |
| Hannah Whittle | 466 |
| Martha Whittle | 434 |
| Emma Whittle | 373 |
| Arthur Whittle | 352 |