Winston

English

"wine's town"

Winston Origin and Meaning

The name Winston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "wine's town".

Long associated with the Churchill family and common in the West Indies, the distinguished Winston has tended to be neglected here. The exception was during the World War II period, when Winston Churchill was a towering figure and his name reached Number 234. It's now enjoying something of a renaissance.

Winston Smith is the main character in George Orwell's 1984, is a presence in Pulp Fiction, is the name of a character in the best-selling book and film How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and was the middle name of both John Lennon and John Howard, long-serving Australian Prime Minister. Billie Piper and Laurence Fox named their son Winston in 2008.

With the current trend towards using hero names, we can see this upstanding Anglo-Saxon example making a return.

The nickname Winnie came into the public consciousness with the Winnie-the-Pooh books, but is now almost exclusively feminine--though you can shorten it further to the winning Win.

Minor irritant: Connection to the cigarette brand.

Winston Rank in US Top 1000

# 398 in the US

Winston Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 317 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Winston

• 398 US 2023
• 317 Nameberry 2025
• 190 Future 2028
• 789 England 2023
• 14 Dogs 2023
• 27 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Winston

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• Freddie
• Samson
• Reuben
• Montgomery
• Quincy
• Alfie
• Gus
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• Rudy
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• Chester
• Clark
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• Truman

Famous People Named Winston

• Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British prime minister
• Winston Frederick Justice American football player
• Winston Guy American football player
• Winston Raymond Peters Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Winston Wiremu Reid New Zealand footballer
• Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall British musician of band Mumford & Sons
• Winston Leonardo Abreu Dominican baseball player
• Winston Venable American CFL player; son of baseball player Max Venable
• Winston James Fox (b. 2008) son of actors Laurence Fox and Billie Piper
• Winston Elba (b. 2014) son of actors Idris Elba & Naiyana Garth
• Winston Marc Butler (b. 2014) son of YouTubers CaseyLavere & HeyKayli
• John Winston Lennon English musician of The Beatles
• Winston Roy Followill (b. 2019) son of Lily Aldridge and Caleb Followill

The name Winston in Pop Culture

• Dallas "Dally" Winston fictional character in the novel "The Outisders" written by S. E. Hinton and was portrayed by Matt Dillon in the movie adaptation of the same name
• Winston Smith main character in George Orwell's "1984"
• Winston Zeddemore character in the Ghostbusters films
• Winston Bishop character on TV's "New Girl"
• Winston dog on TV's "Hannibal"
• Winston Payne character from the "Ace Attorney" video game series
• Winston Stone character on TV series "The Stones"
• Winston character in "The Maze Runner" trilogy
• Winston Wolf character in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
• Winston Newquay character on TV's "Wiseguy"
• Winston "Widget" Murray character in Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus"
• Winston character in Disney's "Oliver & Company"
• Winston character in webcomic "Unfamiliar"
• Winston brand of cigarette
• Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
• Winston playable tank character in Blizzard's "Overwatch"
• Winston SuperBookUSA mascot dog, appeared in a Twitter Pic with Supermodel Elle Johnson on March 21, 2019
• Winston character in the film series "John Wick"
• Winston Pratt character in the 'Renegades' trilogy