A surname of English origin, also referring to various place names meaning 'white field.'
Old English compound of 'white' and 'field,' originally describing land that appeared white, possibly from chalk soil or when covered with flowers or snow. Common in English place names and surnames.
George Whitefield (different spelling) was an 18th-century evangelist whose outdoor sermons drew crowds of up to 80,000 people, making him perhaps America's first celebrity preacher.
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