Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.
Whitsome derives from Old English hwit-husum "at the white houses".
This may refer to white stone buildings, or houses painted white.
The name has been recorded as the following over the centuries:
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