Winand
Winand is a male given name and also a family name .
Origin and meaning
Winand means "the fighter" and comes from Old High German .
name day
Name day is February 1st . It is the feast day of the Catholic priest Saint Winand . He lived in the Dominican monastery in Maastricht around 1233.
Well-known namesake
First name
- Winand Nick (1831–1910), cathedral music director in Hildesheim and composer
- Winand Osiński (1913–2006), German-Polish athlete
- Winand Rossi († 1866), Mayor of Leverkusen 1823–1866
- Winand Carel Hugo Staring (1808–1877), Dutch geologist, son of Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring
- Winand Victor (1918–2014), German artist
- Winand von Steeg (1371–1453), German theologian, pastor, university teacher for canon law and draftsman
Intermediate name
- Steven Winand Pigge (1520–1604), humanistic prince educator at the court of William the Rich in Düsseldorf, called himself Stephanus Winandus Pighius
- Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring (1767-1840), Dutch poet
- Dietmar Winand Walther (* 1923), German conductor, composer and accordionist
family name
- Carl Winand (1879–1955), German architect
- Gábor Winand (* 1964), Hungarian jazz musician
- Jochen Winand (* 1951), German manager
- Udo Winand (* 1943), German university professor