Winton - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. wi-(n)ton, win-t-on ] The boy name Winton is pronounced WIHNTahN ^KEY. Winton's language of origin is Old English and it is used mainly in the English language. Winton's meaning is 'pasture town, willow town'. From winn meaning 'pasture' ; welig meaning 'willow' ; tun meaning 'town, settlement, homestead'. The first name is derived from a surname, which is itself from a place name; the latter could be either of two towns from Cumbria, which have names respectively of first element 'winn' or 'welig'.

A variant of Winton is Wynton (English).

Winton is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1920, 0.007% of baby boys were given the name Winton. It ranked at #743 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity, and is of only very light use today. Out of all boy names in its group, Winton was nonetheless the most popular in 2007.

A baby name that sounds like Winton is Wynton (English).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Winton: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

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