Winfried - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. wi-(n)fried, win-fri-ed ] The boy name Winfried is pronounced WIHNFRiy-D ^KEY. Winfried is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in German. Winfried is a variant form of the English Winfred.

Winfried is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

A baby name that sounds like Winfried is the English Winfred.

^KEY: approx English pronunciation for Winfried: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"

A famous person named Winfried is W.G. Sebald, Author, born Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald, 18 May 1944 - 14 December 2001, Wertach im Allg�u, Germany.

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