White clearing, in the English place-name and surname tradition.
The exact entry gives Old English white and woodland-clearing/glade elements for the habitational surname. This explains an ancestral surname/place-name route, not a guaranteed personal naming intention. The credited Hanks dictionary additionally records an occasional wheat-clearing interpretation for the place-name group; that alternative remains explicit. The licensed white-meadow gloss is retained in the original records, with clearing/glade the more precise source wording.
Origin
English
Licensed Oddity Software Baby Names Plus database. Cleaned and matched to this spelling; not independently verified. The source label may describe language, region, or tradition rather than a precise linguistic derivation.
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English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Girls
9 · preliminary
2282
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Canada
2024
Boys
5
3072
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France
1994
Girls
5 (rounded to 5)
2195
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
1998
Girls
4
3142
Compared with annual release: named entries agree; annual source includes two punctuation-only placeholders omitted from history. Original ranks retained. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
420
675
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States
2025
Boys
88
1808
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Meaning: White clearing, in the English place-name and surname tradition.
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The exact entry gives Old English white and woodland-clearing/glade elements for the habitational surname. This explains an ancestral surname/place-name route, not a guaranteed personal naming intention. The credited Hanks dictionary additionally records an occasional wheat-clearing interpretation for the place-name group; that alternative remains explicit. The licensed white-meadow gloss is retained in the original records, with clearing/glade the more precise source wording. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin: English
Oddity Software · licensed source
Licensed Oddity Software Baby Names Plus database. Cleaned and matched to this spelling; not independently verified. The source label may describe language, region, or tradition rather than a precise linguistic derivation.
Credit: Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, 2003 and 2006, as presented by FamilySearch. Factual summary of the surname/place-name alternatives only; no family-tree entries, statistics, images or full dictionary prose reproduced. No open license claimed for the hosting page. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; source rights retained. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
