Winfred

Where Winfred comes from

From Old English Wynnfriþ, from wynn (“joy”) + friþ (“peace”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Winfred
  • Old English
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1916
    Winfred Philip Lehmann born
    American linguist
  3. 1917
    Peak, #385
    214 babies named Winfred — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #751.
  5. 1981
    Winfred Omwakwe born
    Miss Earth 2002
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Winfred Omwakwe · Miss Earth 2002, born 1981
  • Winfred Philip Lehmann · American linguist, 1916–2007
  • Winfred King · American basketball player, born 1961
  • Winfred Gaul · German painter, 1928–2003
  • Winfred Rembert · American artist, 1945–2021

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.