Winnie


Gender:
Origin: Welsh
54 famous people named Winnie found on Wikipedia.
23797 female, 228 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1005-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 162-th in year 1881
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Winston. A female given name, form of Winifred.

Winnie or Winny (\wi(n)-ny\) is a male and female given name of Welsh origin, a short form (hypocorism) of Edwina, Winifred or Winnifred, Gwendolyn, Guinevere (Welsh), Gwyneth (Welsh), and Wynne (Welsh). The name's meaning is fair one; white and smooth; soft; happiness; or fair and pure. The popularity of the name Winnie steadily declined among American women in the 20th century, but in the 1990 US Census, still ranked 699th of 4276.
It is also a male name from Cambodia (meaning bright), or a short form of Winston, the best known example being Winston Churchill. It can derive from many other names ending in -win such as Edwin, Darwin, etc. or simply be a nickname for the Welsh name Wyn meaning "Fair, white; blessed, holy".

Blessed peace; fair reconciliation. Combine of gwen (white, fair, blessed) and frewi (reconciliation, peace).

Famous People: 54 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Winnie Harlow 1994 Canadian model
2 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 1936 South African activist and politician
3 Winnie Böwe 1973 German actress and singer
4 Winnie Ruth Judd 1905 American murderer
5 Winnie Holzman 1954 American actor and dramatist
6 Winnie Byanyima 1959 Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat
7 Winnie Ewing 1929 Scottish politician
8 Winnie Hsin 1962 Taiwanese singer
9 Winnie Mortensen 1963 Danish actress
10 Winnie Lightner 1899 Actress
11 Winnie Johnson-Marquart President of the Johnson Family Foundation
12 Winnie Cordero 1966 Filipino actress
13 Winnie Foster Character from Tuck Everlasting
14 Winnie Lau 1971 Hong Kong actor and singer
15 Winnie Shaw 1947 British tennis player
16 Winnie Yanthi 1985
17 Winnie Waldron American radio producer
18 Winnie Forster 1969 German journalist
19 Winnie Yu 1954 Hong Kong radio personality
20 Papa Winnie 1955 Vincentian reggae musician
21 David Winnie 1966 Scottish footballer
22 Winnie Wangui Mwa Daughter of the President of Kenya
23 Winnie Li 1948 Taiwanese mathematician
24 Winnie Brinks American politician
25 Winnie Loo 1956
26 Winnie Sorgdrager 1948 Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
27 Winnie Jakob 1927 Austrian illustrator
28 Winnie Gibson 1902 American nusing director
29 Winnie Gebhard-Gayler 1929 German illustrator (1929-2014)
30 Winnie Nanyondo 1993 Athletics competitor
31 Winnie Haatrecht 1963 Dutch footballer
32 Winnie Markus 1921 German actress
33 Winnie Sun 1974
34 Winnie Davin 1909 Teacher, community worker, editor
35 Winnie Leuszler 1926 Swimmer
36 Winnie Baze 1914
37 Winnie Siu Davies
38 Winnie Coutts 1876
39 Winnie Anderson 1909 American gridiron football player
40 Winnie Kaburu Kenyan Politician
41 Winnie Kok
42 Winnie van Weerdenburg 1946 Swimmer
43 Winnie Larsen-Jensen 1954
44 Winnie Berndtson 1964
45 Winnie Cheung Wai-sun 1952 Hong Kong politician and businesswoman
46 Winnie George 1914 Australian cricketer
47 Winnie Arendsen de Wolff 1919
48 Winnie K
49 Winnie Denker 1940 American photographer
50 Winnie Jepkemoi 1993 Kenyan athletics competitor
51 Winnie Owens-Hart
52 Winnie Holsten 1951 Norwegian writer
53 Winnie Nielsen 1953
54 Winnie Lai Chu Ng 1952 Hong Kong marathon runner