Given name
Winnefred
“peaceful friend”·“fair; white-skinned”
Winnefred is a variant of Winifred. Interpretations include “peaceful friend” and “fair; white-skinned”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Winnefred is a variant of Winifred. Interpretations include “peaceful friend” and “fair; white-skinned”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Winnefred is a variant of Winifred. An origin associated with Winifred is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Winnefred through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 0 boys · 49 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1916.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Winnefred’s family of names
Winnefred has a related form in Winifred.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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