Winton

Where Winton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Winton.

Winton through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Winton Hoch born
    cinematographer
  3. 1920
    Peak, #739
    78 babies named Winton, the most in any year.
  4. 1921
    Winton M. Blount born
    American industrialist and postmaster general
  5. 1925
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,164.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Winton Hoch · cinematographer, 1905–1979
  • Winton M. Blount · American industrialist and postmaster general, 1921–2002
  • Winton W. Marshall · United States Air Force general and flying ace, 1919–2015
  • Winton Turnbull · Australian politician, 1899–1980

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.