Whitehair Family History
Whitehair Name Meaning
English: variant of Whittier altered by folk etymology. Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weishaar . Native American (also White Hair): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo Bitsii' Łigáii (literally ‘His White Hair’) based on bitsiiʼ ‘his hair’ and łigái ‘white’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022