Wynton
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Wynton by the numbers
Wynton was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 1986, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Wynton
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 Wynton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wynstonjoy stone; variant of Winston33 in the US (2017)
- Wintonsettlement by a pasture or meadow8 in the US (2017)
- Westonwestern town3,647 in the US (2017)
- Winstonwine town; joy stone; place name785 in the US (2017)
- Wynterwinter season; modern spelling of Winter489 in the US (2017)
- Waltonwalled settlement or town26 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wynton
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