Given name & surname
Win
“peaceful friend”·“fair; white-skinned”·“one who is fairskinned”
In English use, Win is a diminutive of Winifred. Interpretations include “peaceful friend” and “fair; white-skinned”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Win is a variant of Wynn. Interpretations include “one who is fairskinned” and “a beloved friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Win is a diminutive of Winifred. Interpretations include “peaceful friend” and “fair; white-skinned”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Win is a variant of Wynn. Interpretations include “one who is fairskinned” and “a beloved friend”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In English use, Win is a diminutive of Winston. One English interpretation is “of the joy stone; from the friendly town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Win is a diminutive of Winifred. An origin associated with Winifred is Welsh. Win is a variant of Wynn. Wynn has been associated with Welsh and English naming traditions. In English use, Win is a diminutive of Winston. An origin associated with Winston is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Win is used as a shortened form of Winifred.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Win is a diminutive of Winston. The history of Winston gives this family its wider story. Winston’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Win through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 195
- 179 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,874 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +111%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,874 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,636 as a first name in 2020; 4,941 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Win’s family of names
In English usage, Win is a diminutive of Winston. In English usage, Win is a shortened form of Winifred. Win has a related form in Winston.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Win
- Win Myint10th President of Myanmarborn 1951
- Win MaungPresident of Burma (1916-1989)
- Win AungBurmese politician (1944-2009)
- Win PercyBritish racing driverborn 1943
- Win GriffithsBritish politician (born 1943)
- Win Mortimerartist (1919-1998)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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