Worldwide, Whiting (怀廷 
, Whiting 
, ויטינג 
) is a rare principally male, but scarcely female first name. The first name Whiting is characteristic of Israel, where it is a rare male name, China, where it is a very rare principally masculine, but very seldom girly name, and the United States, where it is a very rare largely male, but infrequently female name. Much more prevalently, Whiting is the last name as well as the forename.
Whiting is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| deacon john whiting 1 Mar 1721/1722 New Haven - 21 Jun 1786 New Haven (b. 1721) |
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| anderson whiting American politician, US (b. 1816) |
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| lewis whiting (b. 1807) |
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| chancey whiting American Latter Day Saint leader, US (b. 1819) |
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| gains whiting New Zealand politician, NZ (b. 1865) |
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| onslow whiting English sculptor, GB (b. 1872) |
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| smith whiting British wildlife photographer (1872-1936), GB (b. 1872) |
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| bartlett jere whiting born:1904-09-17|died:1995-08-24|; Whiting, Bartlett Jere, 1904-....; Whiting, Bartlett Jere, US (b. 1904) |
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| allen s. whiting American political scientist (1926-2019), US (b. 1926) |
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| rutherford lester whiting Canadian politician, CA (b. 1930) |
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| arch whiting American actor (1936-2007), US (b. 1936) |
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| graham whiting New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer, NZ (b. 1946) |
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| pole whiting New Zealand rugby union player, NZ (b. 1946) |
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| roy whiting English murderer, GB (b. 1959) |
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| shea whiting college basketball player (1998–2002) Louisiana |
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