The baby name Winfried is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈwɪn.friːd/ (WIN-freed); German: [ˈvɪn.fʁiːt] (VIN-freet).
Winfried is English in Origin.
The baby name Winfried is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈwɪn.friːd/ (WIN-freed); German: [ˈvɪn.fʁiːt] (VIN-freet).
Winfried is English in Origin.
Winfried is a German masculine given name of early Germanic and Old English stock, built from win/wini "friend" and fridu "peace," giving the sense "friend of peace" or "peaceful friend." It corresponds closely to Old English Wynfrith, the birth name of Saint Boniface (675-754), whose mission to the Germanic lands popularized related forms. In German, Winfried came into steady use from the late Middle Ages in church records and saw a civic revival in the 19th and mid-20th centuries, appreciated for its calm, reconciliatory meaning.
Variants include Winfrid, Winfred (English), Wynfrith/Wynfreth (Old English), and the Latinized Winfridus; diminutives are Winnie and Winni, sometimes Friedel or Fredi. The English feminine Winifred is often linked by folk etymology but is historically from Welsh Gwenfrewi; nevertheless, the shared "friend/peace" associations keep the names in sympathetic orbit.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| HU | 0 | #115 | 1 | 1,675 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #226 | 10 | 6,830 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #312 | 1,173 | 5,697 |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #369 | 74 | 2,180 |
| Germany | 0 | #387 | 51 | 2,542 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #847 | 105 | 5,873 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Winfried is popular in 22 countries — most recent births per country:
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