The first name Winnifred
A girl’s name from Welsh.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Welsh origin
A female given name from Welsh, variant of Winifred.
A form of Winifred.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 20 girls were named Winnifred, making it the 1,512th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Winnifred with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Winnifred at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 70 girls born in the United States were named Winnifred, the 2,540th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 166 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
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Questions
- What is the origin of the name Winnifred?
- Winnifred comes from Welsh.
- How popular is the name Winnifred?
- In 2025, 20 girls born in England and Wales were named Winnifred, ranking 1,512th.
- Is Winnifred a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,127 US babies named Winnifred since 1880 were girls.
- When was Winnifred most popular?
- 1918 in the United States, when 166 babies were named Winnifred, its highest rank at 547th.
- What name is Winnifred a form of?
- Winnifred is a form of Winifred.