Windsor
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning riverbank with a winch.
Babies a year
34
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Windsor by the numbers
Windsor was given to 34 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that mean a river
Like Windsor, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Windsor
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