Given name
Wynette
“a famously beautiful woman”·“one who is peaceful”
Wynette is a variant of Wyanet. One Native American interpretation is “a famously beautiful woman.” Wynette is a variant of Winetta. One American interpretation is “one who is peaceful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wynette is a variant of Wyanet. One Native American interpretation is “a famously beautiful woman.” Wynette is a variant of Winetta. One American interpretation is “one who is peaceful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wynette is a variant of Wyanet. An origin associated with Wyanet is Native American. Wynette is a variant of Winetta. An origin associated with Winetta is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wynette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 956
- 0 boys · 956 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 39 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 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 731 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wynette’s family of names
Wynette has a related form in Winetta. Wynette has a related form in Wyanet.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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