Winston

Where Winston comes from

From Old English personal name Wine, in the genitive singular case Wines + tūn (“farm, village”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Winston
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Winston Churchill born
    British statesman, soldier and writer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1941
    Peak, #234
    542 babies named Winston — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #361.
  5. 1988
    Winston Reid born
    New Zealand association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name derived from the place name.
  • Winston Churchill, a famous British prime minister.
Namesakes
  • Winston Churchill · British statesman, soldier and writer, 1874–1965
  • Winston Reid · New Zealand association football player, born 1988
  • Winston Groom · American writer, 1943–2020
  • Winston Duke · Tobagonian actor, born 1986
  • Winston Bogarde · Dutch footballer, born 1970

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.