Updated June 9, 2019

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : metonymic occupational name for a baker or seller of white bread, from Old English hwīt ‘white’ or hwǣte ‘wheat’ + brēad ‘bread’. White bread, considered the best bread, was made from wheat flour.
  • In some cases, perhaps a translation of the German cognate Weisbrot.