Given name & surname
Windsor
“from the river that has a winch”
Windsor is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the river that has a winch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the river that has a winch.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Windsor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,040
- 564 boys · 476 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #5,714 for girls · #6,119 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,714 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 15 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 854 as a first name in 2020; 7,413 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.
Windsor’s family of names
Windsor has a related form in Winsor. Windsor has a related form in Wendsor. Windsor has a related form in Wenser.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Wyndsorvariant
- Winsorvariant
- Wenservariant
- Wensorvariant
- Wendsorvariant
- Wynservariant
- Wyndservariant
- Wynsorvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Windsor
- Dany LaferrièreHaitian Canadian novelist, screenwriter and former journalistborn 1953
- Windsor DaviesWelsh actor (1930–2019)
- Windsor del LlanoAmerican soccer playerborn 1949
- Windsor Noncentfootballerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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