Whetstone Family History
Whetstone Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whetstone in Leicestershire or Whetstone in Middlesex or from Wheston in Derbyshire. The placenames derive from Old English hwet-stān ‘whetstone’ and are sited in areas that provided stone suitable for whetstones i.e. stones used to sharpen knives and blades. Americanized form of German Wettstein .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022