Boy · Old English / Old High German
Winfried
Say it: VIN-freet
Meaning
From Germanic wini 'friend' and frid 'peace'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Revived in Germany in the 20th century in honour of Saint Boniface.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1960
- At its height in 1960, about 1 in 426,400 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Winfrid
| Old English | Wynfrith |
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Famous bearers
- Saint Boniface, born Wynfrith, apostle of the Germans
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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