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.

# 398 in the US

Winston Rank in US Top 1000

# 431 on Nameberry

Winston Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Winston Popularity

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

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

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