Winnie or Winny ( ) is a male and female given name of Welsh origin, a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of Edwina, Winona, Winifred or Winnifred, Winter, Gwendolyn, Guinevere (Welsh),

Gwyneth Gwyneth (sometimes Gweneth) is a Welsh feminine given name which derives from the kingdom of Gwynedd. Notable people: * Gwyneth Boodoo, an American psychologist and expert on educational measurement * Gwyneth Cravens, an American novelist and jou ...

(Welsh), and

Wynne Wynne is a surname of Welsh origin. This is a list of notable people with the surname, sorted by profession: Art, literature, and music * Bill Wynne (1922–2021), American photographer and writer * David Wynne (composer) (1900–83), Wels ...

(Welsh). The name's meaning is: fair one, white and smooth, soft, happiness, or fair and pure. The popularity of the name Winnie steadily declined among American women in the 20th century, but in the 1990 US Census, still ranked 699th of 4276. Some commentators note that the name has risen in use for girls along with other names of a similar style that all exude

cuteness Cuteness is a subjective term describing a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Konrad Lorenz. Lorenz proposed the concept ...

and promote

enjoyment Happiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Other forms include life satisfaction, well-being, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia. Sinc ...

, perhaps in reaction to serious times. It is also a male name from

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(meaning bright), or a short form of the English given name Winston. It can derive from many other names ending in -win such as Edwin, Darwin, etc., or be a nickname for the Welsh name Wyn.

People

Varina Anne Davis Varina Anne Davis (June 27, 1864 – September 18, 1898) was an American author who is best known as the youngest daughter of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Varina (Howell) Davis. Born in the last year of th ...

(1864–1898), called Winnie, author and daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis *

Winnie Baze Winford Eason "Winnie" Baze (July 14, 1914 – December 30, 2006) was an American football back who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He first enrolled at Schreiner Institute before transferring to T ...

(1914–2006), American football player *

Winnie Cordero Rowena Cordero-Erquieza (; born 1 November 1966), professionally known as Winnie Cordero, is a Filipino comedian, actress and TV host. Biography Education Cordero is a Communication Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas. Career Co ...

(born 1966), Filipina comedian, actress, and TV host *

Winnie Ewing Winifred Margaret Ewing (' Woodburn; born 10 July 1929) is a Scottish politician, lawyer and figure within the independence movement who served as President of the Scottish National Party from 1987 to 2005. Ewing was a Member of the Scottish ...

(born 1929), Scottish nationalist * Winnie Haatrecht (born 1963), Dutch-Surinamese retired footballer and currently a player's agent *

Winnie Harlow Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Canadian fashion model and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo. She gained prominence in 2014 as a contestant on the 21st cycle of th ...

(born 1994), Canadian model and spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo *

Winnie Holzman Winnie Holzman (born August 18, 1954 in Manhattan) is an American dramatist, screenwriter, and poet. She is known for having created the ABC television series ''My So-Called Life'', which led to a nomination for a scriptwriting Emmy Award in 199 ...

(born 1954), American dramatist, screenwriter and poet * Winne Hung (born 1999), Hong Kong rower *

Winny de Jong __NOTOC__ Winny de Jong (born 9 October 1958 in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk) is a former Dutch politician. From 28 May 2002 till 30 January 2003 she was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands; at first for the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF ...

(born 1958), Dutch politician *

Winnie Ruth Judd Winnie Ruth Judd (January 29, 1905 – October 23, 1998), born Winnie Ruth McKinnell, also known as Marian Lane, was a medical secretary in Phoenix, Arizona, who was accused of murdering her friends, Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig Samuelson, in Octo ...

(1905–1998), American convicted double murderer *

Winnie Kiap Winnie Anna Kiap (born 1948) is a Papua New Guinean former diplomat who served as the Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdom with accreditation to Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, South Africa, and Zimbabwe from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, ...

, diplomat from Papua New Guinea * Luamanuvao

Winnie Laban Luamanuvao Dame Winifred Alexandra Laban (born 14 August 1955) is a former New Zealand politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mana (New Zealand electorate), Mana electorate, representing the New Zealand Labour Party, L ...

(born 1955), New Zealand politician *

Winnie Leuszler Winnifred "Winnie" Frances Roach-Leuszler, Order of Ontario, O.Ont (February 3, 1926 – May 1, 2004) was a Canadian Long-distance swimming, long distance swimmer. A long distance swimmer of international acclaim, she started swimming when she ...

(1926–2004), Canadian swimmer *

Winnie Lightner Winnie Lightner (born Winifred Josephine Reeves; September 17, 1899 – March 5, 1971) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Perhaps best known as the man-hungry Mabel in ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929), Lightner was often typ ...

(1899–1971), American film actress *

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018), also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She se ...

(1936–2018), South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela *

Winnie Shaw Winifred Mason Shaw (later Mrs. Wooldridge) (18 January 1947 – 30 March 1992) was a professional tennis player from Scotland whose career ran from the mid-1960s until the early 70s. In 2002, she posthumously was inducted into the Scottish Sp ...

(1947–1992), Scottish tennis player * Winnie Wong-Ng, Chinese-American physical chemist *

Winnie Yu Winnie Yu Tsang (, born 1954) is a Hong Kong Radio Personality and the Deputy Chairman of Commercial Radio Hong Kong. Yu is known for her puns in creating radio programme titles and slang phrases (e.g., si-dan-up/" 是但噏", literally "free ...

(born 1954), Cantonese radio director

Fictional characters

Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character was the book ''Win ...

or Winnie the Pooh, an anthropomorphic fictional bear created by

A. A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winni ...

*Gwendolyn "Winnie" Cooper, a main character from the American television series ''

The Wonder Years ''The Wonder Years'' is an American coming-of-age comedy/drama television series created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from January 31, 1988, until May 12, 1993. The series premiered immediately after ABC's coverage of Super ...

'' *Winifred "Winnie" Foster, a main character from the American book and movie ''

Tuck Everlasting ''Tuck Everlasting'' is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1975. It has sold over 5 million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literature ...

'' * Winnie Oh, a teacher in ''Degrassi'' *Winnie Tibideaux, Sondra and Elvin's daughter on the American television series ''

The Cosby Show ''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom co-created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired Thursday nights for eight seasons on NBC between September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on an upper middle-class Africa ...

'' *the title character of ''

Winnie Winkle ''Winnie Winkle'' is an American comic strip published during a 76-year span (1920–1996). Ten film adaptations were also made. Its premise was conceived by Joseph Medill Patterson, but the stories and artwork were by Martin Branner, who wrote ...

'', an American comic strip published from 1920 to 1996 *Winnie Woodpecker, the girlfriend of animated cartoon character

Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker is an animated character that appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and distributed by Universal Studios between 1940 and 1972. Woody, an anthropomorphic woodpecker, was created in 1940 by ...

* Winnie, a kid werewolf in the movies ''

Hotel Transylvania ''Hotel Transylvania'' is an American animated media franchise created by comedy writer Todd Durham and produced by Sony Pictures Animation. It consists of four feature films, three short films, a flash-animated TV series, and several video ...

'' and ''

Hotel Transylvania 2 ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' is a 2015 American computer-animated monster comedy film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, written by Robert Smigel and Adam Sandler, and it is the second installment in the ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise and the sequ ...

'' *Winnie Mann, Helena Peabody's former partner in Showtime's

The L Word ''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene ...

*Winnie Lopez, police officer from St. Cloud in FX '' Fargo'' *Winnie, the protagonist of Samuel Beckett's ''Happy Days'' (play) *Winnie Sanderson, Bette Midler's character in the 1993 film '' Hocus Pocus''

People

Fictional characters

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See also