Whitehead Family History
Whitehead Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod) denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd). Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ) as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’. Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
