Whitchurch Family History
Whitchurch Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + cirice ‘church’ such as Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire Devon Herefordshire Oxfordshire and Shropshire or Whitchurch Canonicorum (Dorset). Many early bearers of this surname appear to relate to the place in Oxfordshire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022