What is the origin of the Whipple Name?
The Dictionary of American Names, page 232, states that a Whipple was originally “one who came from Whimple (white stream) in Devonshire [England].” According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, Whimple is from the Welsh “gwyn” (white) and “pwll” or “poll” (pool, stream). Variant forms of the name include Winple, Wimpoll, and Wympol. The oldest record of the name is in the Domesday Book (A.D. 1086), where it is spelled “Winple.” The Whimple History Society (http://www.whimple.net/hist_soc.htm, from Whimple, Old England) presents a compelling argument that the name Whipple means other than “white stream”. Under archives-Placenames Background, it asserts that Whipple probably should have been interpreted as “fair” or “fine” stream. [Submitted by Charles M. Whipple, Jr.
The Dictionary of American Names, page 232, states that a Whipple was originally “one who came from Whimple (white stream) in Devonshire [England].” According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, Whimple is from the Welsh “gwyn” (white) and “pwll” or “poll” (pool, stream). Variant forms of the name include Winple, Wimpoll, and Wympol. The oldest record of the name is in the Domesday Book (A.D. 1086), where it is spelled “Winple.” The Whimple History Society (http://www.whimple.net/hist_soc.htm, from Whimple, Old England) presents a compelling argument that the name Whipple means other than “white stream”. Under archives-Placenames Background, it asserts that Whipple probably should have been interpreted as “fair” or “fine” stream. [Submitted by Charles M.
