Winson

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Winson by the numbers

Winson was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Winson

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Winson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Winstonwine town; joy stone; place name785 in the US (2017)
  • Wilsonson of William, resolute protector402 in the US (2017)
  • Wintonsettlement by a pasture or meadow8 in the US (2017)
  • Wessonson of Wes; patronymic surname form241 in the US (2017)
  • Watsonson of Walter; patronymic surname197 in the US (2017)
  • Windsorriverbank with a winch34 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Winson

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