Whistler

English occupational name
"one who whistles"

Whistler Origin and Meaning

The name Whistler is a boy's name of English origin meaning "one who whistles".

A new entry is the fashionable new occupational name category -- and a jolly job it must be -- with the added attraction of relating to the great early 20th century American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, of "Whistler's Mother" fame.

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Famous People Named Whistler

  • James McNeill Whistler
    American painter
  • Whistler Allen
    drummer for Hippo Campus

The name Whistler in Pop Culture

  • Erwin "Whistler" Emory
    character from the movie "Sneakers"
  • Whistler
    character in TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
  • Abraham Whistler
    mentor to Blade in Marvel Comics
  • James Whistler
    character on TV's "Prison Break"
  • "Whistler
    " Canadian TV series named for the ski resort
  • "The Whistler
    " mystery radio show and movie series
  • Whistler
    British indie band
  • "The Whistler
    " 1977 song by Jethro Tull
  • "The Whistler
    " instrumental song by Fourplay
  • "Whistler's Mother
    " colloquial name for "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1," portrait by James Whistler
  • Whistler
    British Columbia, Canada, home of Mount Whistler and the 2010 Winter Olympics