Winné
surname · Latin script
Winné is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English winne, from Old English wynn (“joy, delight, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, d.
- FRFrance≈1 in 37M(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium1 in 30K
- USUnited States1 in 448K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 125 (measured from records)
- 1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)
742 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Winne in FR France, US United States, BE Belgium.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishwinne(measured from records)
- Old Englishwynn“joy“joy, delight, pleasure”(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*wunnju(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*wunjō“joy“joy, desire”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*wenh₁-“to wish“to wish, desire, love”(measured from records)
From Middle English winne, from Old English wynn (“joy, delight, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Scots win, wind (“pleasure, joy”), German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), Danish ynde (“grace”).
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Winné counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 742 | 1 in 448K | 937 | Winne | 14 |
| BE Belgium | 388 | 1 in 30K | 388 | Winne | 23 |
| NL Netherlands | 17 | 1 in 1M | 29 | — | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | 6 | 1 in 1.4M | 6 | — | 1 |
| FR France | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 37M | 13 | Winne | 125 |
742 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Winné mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English winne, from Old English wynn (“joy, delight, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, d… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- In which country does Winné have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 742 people named Winné, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled winne.
- Where is Winné most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Winné is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 30 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Winné?
- In the United States, the national register counted 742 people named Winné in 2010, about 1 in 448 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Winné”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.