Whistler
English occupational name
"one who whistles"Share
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Updated Tue Mar 26 2024
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 WhistlerAmerican painter
- Whistler Allendrummer for Hippo Campus
Whistler in Pop Culture
- Erwin "Whistler" Emorycharacter from the movie "Sneakers"
- Whistlercharacter in TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Abraham Whistlermentor to Blade in Marvel Comics
- James Whistlercharacter on TV's "Prison Break"
- "Whistler" Canadian TV series named for the ski resort
- "The Whistler" mystery radio show and movie series
- WhistlerBritish 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
- WhistlerBritish Columbia, Canada, home of Mount Whistler and the 2010 Winter Olympics