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In the Genealogy section of About.com the surname White is of English, Scottish, and Irish origin. Alternate spellings of White are Whyte, Whiet, Wight, and Whytte. Here is the link to check it out: http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/p/white/htm.
Last name meaning Dobbs: This very interesting and unusual name, with variant spellings Dobb and Dobbe, derives from the medieval personal name Dobbe, which is itself a pet form of Robert, which was very popular in the 13th Century in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire...