Whitfield Family History
Whitfield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitfield for example in Derbyshire Gloucestershire Kent Northamptonshire and Northumberland or Whitefield in Lancashire and the Isle of Wight named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + feld ‘open country’ probably because of their chalky soil.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022