Winnie
Winnie is a predominantly female and seldom male given name in various Germanic languages .
Origin and meaning
Winnie occurs as a female given name, often as a diminutive (diminutive) of Winifred , in the English , German and Dutch- speaking areas ( West Germanic languages ), but also in Denmark and Norway.
As a male first name, Winnie is usually a short form of Winfried in German- speaking countries , which comes from Old High German and is composed of wini (friend) and fried ( peace ).
Name bearer
Female first name
- Winnie Böwe (* 1973), German actress and opera singer
- Winnie Byanyima (* 1957/1959), Ugandan aerospace engineer, women's rights activist and politician
- Winnie Ewing (* 1929), actually Winifred , Scottish politician
- Winnie Gebhardt-Gayler (1929–2014), German illustrator
- Winnie Harlow (* 1994), actually Chantelle Brown-Young , Canadian model
- Winnie Holzman (* 1954), American screenwriter and television producer
- Winnie Jakob (1927–2012), actually Winifred , Austrian draftsman, caricaturist and publicist
- Winnie Jepkemoi (* 1993), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Winnie Li (* 1948), actually Wen-Ching , Taiwanese-American mathematician
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1934 / 36–2018), actually Winifred , South African politician
- Winnie Markus (1921–2002), actually Winifred , German film actress
Male first name
- Winnie Forster (* 1969), actually Winfried , German journalist, publisher and computer and video game critic
- Winnie Schäfer (* 1950), actually Winfried , German soccer coach and former German soccer coach
family name
- Alon P. Winnie (1932–2015), American physician, anesthetist, and university professor
- David Winnie (born 1966), Scottish football player and coach
Fictional characters
- Winnie-the-Pooh , see Winnie the Pooh
- Winnie the Pooh (film) , 2011 American animated film
- Winnie Winkle , American comic strip
Others
- Winnie, Texas , location in Chambers County, Texas