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The Welsh name Gwenfrewi and the English and Welsh name Winifrid are forms of the name. Other forms of Winifred include the pet forms Freda (English and Welsh), Win (English and Welsh), Winn (English and Welsh), and Winnie (English, German, and Welsh), and the variant spelling Winnifred (English, German, and Welsh). In addition, Winifred is a form of the Irish and Scottish name Úna in the English language. Winifred is rare as a baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1917, 0.136% of baby girls were given the name Winifred. It had a ranking of #141 then. The baby name has suffered a marked decline in frequency since then, and is today used on a very modest scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Winifred was nonetheless the most widely used in 2007. Winifred has mainly been a girl name, though in the last century it has also been used for boys. There were 29 times more girls than boys who were named Winifred in 1918. Baby names that sound like Winifred include the English and Welsh name Winifrid and the English, German, and Welsh name Winnifred. KEY: Pronunciation for Winifred: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"
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