| [ 2 syll. wi-(n)nie, win-n-ie ] The girl name Winnie is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced WIHNiy KEY. Winnie's origin is Celtic, and its use, English, German, and Welsh. Winnie is a pet form of the English, German, and Welsh Winifred. Winnie is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.086% of baby girls were named Winnie. It was #190 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Within all girl names in its family, Winnie was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Winnie include the Spanish Juana, the Thai Waan, the English Wenona, the English Wenonah, the English and Welsh Win, the English and Welsh Winn, the English Winona, the English Wynona, and the English Wynonna. KEY: Pronunciation for Winnie: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
A famous person named Winnie is Literary Hero, Winnie the Pooh, born 1924. |