First Names First has today as first name (more common as a last name though) Whitney which was a very popular name given to girls in the 1980s - even before the fame of Whitney Houston, but especially after that.

Below is a chronological list of some of these women. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about them, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them!

Whitney Bourne* actress – New York, NY USA (1914)

Whitney Blake* (b Nancy Ann Whitney) actress/ director/producer – Los Angeles, CA USA (1926)

Whitney Otto* novelist – CA USA (1955)

Whitney Kershaw* (b Wiemer) singer/ actress – Orlando, FL USA (1962)
Whitney Houston* singer /actress – Newark, NJ USA (1963)

Whitney Hedgepeth* swimmer/OG – Charlottesville, VA USA (1971)
Whitney Dylan* actress – Memphis, TN USA (1976)

Whitney Able* model/actress – Houston, TX USA (1982)
Whitney Way Thore* television personality (My Big Fat Fabulous Life) – Greensboro, NC USA (1984)
Whitney Port* television personality/fashion designer/author – Los Angeles, CA USA (1985)
Whitney Genoway* water polo player – Canada (1986)
Whitney Thompson* model/winner of the America’s Next Top Model – Atlantic Beach, FL USA (1987)
Whitney Engen* football player – Torrance, CA USA (1987)
Whitney Conder* wrestler – Puyallup, WA USA (1988)
Whitney Ashley* athlete (discus) – Riverside, CA USA (1989)
Whitney Wolfe Herd* entrepreneur/founder of Bumble, Inc – Salt Lake City, UT USA (1989)

Whitney Jensen* ballet dancer – Sandy, UT USA (1992)

Updated 24.3.2022