Given name & surname
Winthrop
“from the friendly village”
Winthrop is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the friendly village.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the friendly village.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Built from Old English wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Winthrop through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,178
- 1,178 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 48 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 boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 560 as a first name in 2020; 719 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.
Winthrop’s family of names
Winthrop has a related form in Winthorp. Winthrop has a related form in Winthrope. Winthrop has a related form in Wynthorp.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Winthrop
- Winthrop GrahamJamaican hurdler (1965-)
- Winthrop RockefellerGovernor of Arkansas (1912-1973)
- Winthrop PalmerAmerican ice hockey player (1906-1970)
- Winthrop M. CraneAmerican politician (1853-1920)
- Winthrop Mackworth PraedBritish politician, poet (1802-1839)
- Winthrop AmesAmerican playwright (1870–1937)
- Winthrop SargentAmerican politician (1753-1820)
- Winthrop ChandlerAmerican painter (1747-1790)
- Winthrop Paul RockefellerAmerican politician1948–2006
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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