Winifred
Winifred is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name is of Celtic origin as Gwenfrewi ( white and wave ). In Old High German he was interpreted as a friend of peace or a protective friend .
name day
- November 3rd - St. Winifred
Name bearers
- Winefride , Welsh martyr and saint
- Winifred Asprey (1917–2007), American mathematician and computer scientist
- Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), pianist from Trinidad
- Winifred Beamish (1883–1972), English tennis player
- Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1863–1954), British nobleman and Mistress of the Robes with Queen Alexandra
- Winifred Mary Curtis (1905-2005), Anglo-Australian botanist
- Winifred Goldring (1888–1971), American paleontologist and paleobotanist
- Winifred Holtby (1898-1935), British writer and feminist
- Winifred Lamb (1894–1963), British archaeologist
- Winifred Edgerton Merrill (1862–1951), US headmistress and doctorate in maths
- Winifred Shaw (1910–1982), American actress and singer
- Winifred C. Stanley (1909–1996), American politician
- Winifred Wagner (1897–1980), artistic director of the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth
- Winifred Watkins (1924-2003), British biochemist
variants
- Winfrida
- Winnie