Winnie (name)


Winnie or Winny is a male and female given name of Welsh origin, a short form of Edwina, Winifred or Winnifred, Gwendolyn, Guinevere, Gwyneth, and Wynne. The name's meaning is fair one; white and smooth; soft; happiness; or fair and pure. The popularity of the name Winnie steadily declined among American women in the 20th century, but in the 1990 US Census, still ranked 699th of 4276.
It is also a male name from Cambodia, or a short form of Winston, the best known example being Winston Churchill. It can derive from many other names ending in -win such as Edwin, Darwin, etc. or simply be a nickname for the Welsh name Wyn meaning "Fair, white; blessed, holy".

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