Winter

Where Winter comes from

The dictionaries list Winter as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #5,753 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Winter Ave Zoli born
    American actress and model
  3. 1984
    Winter Williams born
    American actress
  4. 2022
    Peak, #304
    1,053 babies named Winter — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Winter Williams · American actress, born 1984
  • Winter Ave Zoli · American actress and model, born 1980
  • Winter Hall · New Zealand actor, 1872–1947
  • Winter Vinecki · American freestyle skier and athlete, born 1998
  • Winter Miller · American journalist, born 1973

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.