Winton

Where Winton comes from

Winton hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.