The story
A variant of white + leaf, apparently from the white underside of whitebeam leaves; another source says it was named from White Leaf Field in 1839 (A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place Names).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whyteleafe
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3358). Full definition →