Wynton
given name · Latin script
Meaning: pers. name (W. Marsalis)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwɪntən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wynton is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- NZNew Zealand
- ZASouth Africa
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
pers. name (W. Marsalis)
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wynton Kellyb. 1931USAmerican jazz pianist (1931–1971)
- Wynton Marsalisb. 1961USAmerican jazz musician and educator
- Wynton Ruferb. 1962NZNew Zealand association football player
- Wynton Hallb. 1976USAmerican writer
- Wynton Bernardb. 1990USbaseball player
- Wynton Oddactor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 499 | #20,463 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 24 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 24 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 22 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 22 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 16 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wynton mean, and where does it come from?
- pers. name (W. Marsalis) Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Wynton?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɪntən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Wynton a male or female name?
- Wynton is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Wynton have the most bearers?
- Wynton is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Wynton?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wyntonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Wynton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.