User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E5 - χeep μoving φorward - Impressions/Recap/@comment-26397825-20171116020428/@comment-26397825-20171116030900

...The RWBY character's name is Wh i tley, not Wh ea tley. They're pronounced differently and have different meanings.

Whitley is white meadow. Wheatley is wheat meadow. Such difference. =P

But yeah, he wasn't named after Weiss's irritating younger brother at all. He's named after the biggest moron in the Portal Universe because he amuses me.