Winthrop: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

Meaning
Wine's village or settlement, where Wine is an Old English personal name meaning 'friend'
Origin
Old English (place name)
Gender
Boy
Pronunciation
WIN-thrup

Winthrop is an Old English (place name) boy's name meaning “Wine's village or settlement, where Wine is an Old English personal name meaning 'friend'”. It appears in our list of 200+ Classic Old Money Names (That Are Surprisingly Cool).

Meaning & Origin of Winthrop

Meaning: Wine's village or settlement, where Wine is an Old English personal name meaning 'friend'.

Origin: Old English (place name).

A common claim: Commonly glossed as 'friendly village.' Actually: The first element is the Old English personal name Wine ('friend'), not the adjective 'friendly' — more precisely '[a man named] Wine's village' than a generically 'friendly' one.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Winthrop

WIN-thrupIPA /ˈwɪnθrəp/

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