Winnie

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Winnie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Winnie8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Peru, Colombia

  Also written Winñie, Wiññie, Wïnnîê, Wíññíē, Wínníé

• Portuguese given name11K records spelled Winnie3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, South Africa

  Also written Wïnnìë, Wïnnïę

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Winnie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ['wini]: im 20. Jh. aus dem Englischen übernommener weibl.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In enm, alternative form of winnen (“to win”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, a female given name, borrowed from English in the 20th century

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Winnie Lightnerb. 1899USactress (1899-1971)
• Winnie Felpsb. 1911USThe oldest woman in Texas
• Winnie Ewingb. 1929GBScottish politician (1929–2023)
• Winnie Madikizela-Mandelab. 1936ZASouth African activist and politician (1936-2018)
• Winnie Shawb. 1947GBBritish tennis player (1947-1992)
• Winnie Lib. 1948TWTaiwanese mathematician
• Winnie Holzmanb. 1954USAmerican librettist, screenwriter and poet
• Winnie Byanyimab. 1959UG20th and 21st-century Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat
• Winnie Harlowb. 1994CAJamaican-Canadian fashion model
• Winnie HollmanDKactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 469 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Winnie?

We estimate roughly 15 thousand people bear Winnie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Winnie have the most bearers?

Winnie is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled winnie.

How common is Winnie compared with other names?

In Hong Kong, Winnie is the 27th most common given name of 19,389 given names recorded there.

Is Winnie a male or female name?

Winnie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Winnie mean?

Recorded meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Winifred or, less often, of Winona.