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Winslow

Winslow: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hill of a friend”
Origin
Old English
Say it
WINZ-loh · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (30% girls, 70% boys since 1880)

From an English surname and place name, from Old English elements meaning 'friend' and 'mound, hill'. Also associated with writer Don Winslow and artist Winslow Homer.

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How popular is Winslow?

202459.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Winslow in 2024195

2024 rank#1,469 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,480

Winslow is rising: use over the last five years is 5.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Winslow

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • PeytonPæga's town · Old English
  • Suttonsouth settlement · Old English
  • Harleyhare meadow · Old English
  • Leightonsettlement by a meadow · Old English
  • Kingsleyking's meadow · Old English
  • Berkleybirch wood clearing · Old English
  • Ripleystrip of clearing in the woods · Old English

Winslow questions

What does the name Winslow mean?

Winslow means "hill of a friend". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name, from Old English elements meaning 'friend' and 'mound, hill'. Also associated with writer Don Winslow and artist Winslow Homer.

Is Winslow a boy or girl name?

Winslow is used for both: about 30% of US babies named Winslow since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Winslow?

195 US babies were named Winslow in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Winslow?

Winslow is usually pronounced WINZ-loh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.