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Winnie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Winnie

[ 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 Old English and Celtic, and its use, English, German, and Welsh.

Winnie is a pet form of the English, German, and Welsh Winifred.

Winnie is also an English pet form of the English and German Edwina.

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 2008. Winnie has in the last century been primarily given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Winnie include the English Winie, the name Winna, the Welsh Wynna, the English Wyome, the Spanish Juana, the Thai Waan, the English Wan, the English Wanona, the English Wen, the English and Sioux Wenona, the English Wenonah, the English Whittany, the English and Welsh Win, the name Winema, the English and Welsh Winn, the Welsh Winne, the English and Sioux Winona, the Welsh Wyn, the English and Welsh Wynn, and the English and Welsh Wynne.

A famous person named Winnie is Literary Hero, Winnie the Pooh, born 1924.

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)"


 
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