The whitehurst Surname
whitehurst Name Meaning and History
English (mainly Cheshire): habitational name from a place in West
Staffordshire named Whitehurst, probably from Old English
hwit ‘white’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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