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Winston

Winston: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“joy stone”
Origin
Old English
Say it
WIN-stun · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements, commonly interpreted as wine meaning joy and stan meaning stone. It is well known from Sir Winston Churchill.

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How popular is Winston?

2024242 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Winston in 2024806

2024 rank#405 boys

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 188032,123

Winston is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Winston

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
  • Westonwestern settlement · Old English
  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
  • Ashtonash tree town · Old English
  • Kingstonking's town · Old English
  • Brandonbroom-covered hill · Old English

Winston questions

What does the name Winston mean?

Winston means "joy stone". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements, commonly interpreted as wine meaning joy and stan meaning stone. It is well known from Sir Winston Churchill.

Is Winston a boy or girl name?

Winston is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Winston?

806 US babies were named Winston in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Winston?

Winston is usually pronounced WIN-stun.

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.