Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to:

People

Saint Winifred Saint Winifred (or Winefride; cy, Gwenffrewi; la, Wenefreda, Winifreda) was a Welsh virgin martyr of the 7th century. Her story was celebrated as early as the 8th century, but became popular in England in the 12th, when her hagiography was f ...

Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her ye ...

(1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits * Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as

Mitchell Baker Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957) is the Executive Chairwoman and CEO of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications ...

, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation * Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald *

Winifred Brunton Winifred Mabel Brunton ''née Newberry'' (6 May 1880 – 29 January 1959) was a South African painter, illustrator and Egyptologist. Early years Brunton was born in 1880 in the Orange Free State South Africa. Her father, Charles Newberry, a m ...

(1880-1959), a painter from South Africa most famous for her haunting portraits of Egyptian pharaohs *

Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Winifred Anna Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (''née'' Dallas-Yorke; 7 September 1863 – 30 July 1954) was a British humanitarian and animal welfare activist. Background Born at Murthly Castle, Perthshire, she was the only daughte ...

(née ''Dallas-Yorke;'' 1863–1954), wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland * Winifred Copperwheat (19051976), English violist * Winifred Starr Dobyns (18861963), American suffragist and landscape designer * Dr. Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing (born 1929), commonly known as

Winnie Ewing Winifred Margaret Ewing (' Woodburn; born 10 July 1929) is a Scottish politician, lawyer and figure within the independence movement who served as President of the Scottish National Party from 1987 to 2005. Ewing was a Member of the Scottish ...

, a prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician *

Winifred Greenwood Winifred Greenwood (January 1, 1885 – November 23, 1961) was an American silent film actress. Born in 1885 in Geneseo, New York, Greenwood studied to be a teacher but left New York Normal School to perform in vaudeville in the United St ...

, American silent film actress * Winifred G. Helmes, American academic * Winifred Herbert (1680–1749), best known for arranging the daring escape of her husband from the Tower of London in 1716 *

Winifred Holtby Winifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel '' South Riding'', which was posthumously published in 1936. Biography Holtby was born to a prosperous farming family in ...

(1898–1935), an English novelist and journalist *

Winifred Jordan Winifred Sadie Jeffrey, later Jordan (15 March 1920 – 13 April 2019), was an English athlete who competed at the 1938 British Empire Games, 1946 European Athletics Championships, and 1948 Summer Olympics. She was born in Kings Norton ...

(née ''Jeffrey;'' born 1920), an English athlete who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games and the 1948 Summer Olympics *Lady

Winifred Kamit Lady Winifred (Winnie) Taretaufi Kamit is a Papua New Guinean lawyer. In the 2006 Birthday Honours she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for service to law, commerce and public administration. Life Lady Kamit studied at t ...

, Papua New Guinean lawyer *

Winifred Lamb Winifred Lamb (3 November 1894 – 16 September 1963) was a British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator who specialised in Greek, Roman, and Anatolian cultures and artefacts. The bulk of her career was spent as the honorary keeper ...

(1894-1963, an English archaeologist of the early 20th century *

Winifred Lawson Winifred Lawson (15 November 1892 – 30 November 1961) was an English opera and concert singer in the first half of the 20th century. She is particularly remembered for her performances in the soprano roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas as ...

(1892-1961), an English opera and concert singer * Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941), an Australian writer *

Winifred Mary Letts Winifred Mary Letts (1882–1972) was an English-born writer who spent most of her life in Ireland. She was known for her novels, plays and poetry. Biography She was born on 10 February 1882 in Broughton, Salford, in what was then the County of ...

(1882–1972), an English writer, with strong Irish connections, known for her novels, plays and poetry * Winifred W. Logan (1931-) was a British Nurse theorist who was co-author of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing *

Winifred Edgerton Merrill Winifred Edgerton (September 24, 1862 – September 6, 1951) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. She was the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia University and the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics.Kelly, S. E. and ...

(1862–1951), the first American female to receive a PhD in mathematics *

Winifred Nicholson ''From Bedroom Window, Bankshead'', date unknown, private collection. Typical of Nicholson's impressionist work, combining still life with landscape. Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British p ...

(1893–1981), a painter *

Winifred Rushforth Margaret Winifred Rushforth (née Bartholomew; 21 August 1885 – 29 August 1983) was a Scottish medical practitioner and Christian missionary in India who, influenced by Hugh Crichton-Miller and his friend, Carl Jung, became the founder of a fa ...

(1885–1983), a Jungian psychoanalyst *

Winifred Spooner Winifred Evelyn Spooner (11 September 1900 – 13 January 1933), the daughter of Major Walter B. Spooner and Annie Spooner, was an English aviator of the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of the Harmon Trophy as the world's outstanding female av ...

(1900–1933), an aviator of the 1920s and 1930s *

Winifred, Lady Strickland Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725) was a member of the Jacobite court in exile. Life Winifred, the daughter of Sir Christopher Trentham and Winifred Biddulph, was baptized at Rocester, Staffordshire, on 19 May 1645.Edward Corp, "Strickland � ...

(1645–1725), English courtier, member of the Jacobite court in exile * Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton (born 1947), a politician *

Winifred Todhunter Winifred Ada Todhunter (1877, London – September 11, 1961, Ladner, British Columbia) was an educator, translator and founder of the Todhunter School for girls in New York City. Educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and London Day Training Col ...

(1877–1961), the founder of the Todhunter School for girls *

Winifred Tumim Winifred Letitia Tumim, Lady Tumim ( Borthwick; 3 June 19365 November 2009) was an English charity administrator and reform campaigner. As chairperson of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) from 1985 to 1992, she led a reform of its ...

(1936–2009), English charity administrator * Winifred "Freda" Utley (1898-1978), English scholar, political activist and best-selling author *

Winifred Wagner Winifred Marjorie Wagner ( Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner, and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 1 ...

(1897–1980), head of the Wagner family from 1930 to 1945 and a close friend of German dictator Adolf Hitler *

Winifred Ward Winifred Louise Ward (October 29, 1884August 16, 1975) was a professor at Northwestern University most notable for having done significant work in the field of children's theatre and pioneering the idea of creative dramatics. Early life and edu ...

(1884–1975), a professor at Northwestern College most notable for having done significant work in the field of children's theatre *

Winifred Mary Ward Winifred Mary Ward (12 October 1884 – 26 January 1979) was a pioneering British speech therapist. Early life Winifred was born on 12 October 1884 in Victoria Street, Old Charlton, London to parents Harry Marshall Ward and Selina Mary Ward ...

(1884–1975), one of the founders of modern speech therapy * Winifred "Winnie" Mandela (born 1936), former wife of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela

Places

* Winifred, Montana, a town in the United States *

Winifred Beach Winifred Beach is a locally popular public beach in Portland, Jamaica. A campaign is in progress to keep the beach public in the face of corporate efforts to privatize, develop, and enclose the surrounding area to all but paid access. See also ...

, a beach in Jamaica

Fictional characters

* Dora-Winifred "D.W." Read, a character from the animated series ''

Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

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Winifred Banks ''Mary Poppins'' is a series of eight children's books written by Australian-British writer P. L. Travers and published over the period 1934 to 1988. Mary Shepard was the illustrator throughout the series. The books centre on the magical ...

(Mrs. Banks), a character from ''Mary Poppins'' who appears as a suffragette in the 1964 Disney film and as a fashionable housewife in the Broadway musical *

Winifred Burkle Winifred "Fred" Burkle is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Shawn Ryan and Mere Smith on the television series ''Angel''. The character is portrayed by Amy Acker. Biography Character history Fred was born in San An ...

, known as "Fred", a main character in the 1999 television series ''Angel'' * Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the main antagonist in the 1993 film ''Hocus Pocus'' * Winifred "Winnie" Foster, a main character from the American book and movie ''

Tuck Everlasting ''Tuck Everlasting'' is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1975. It has sold over 5 million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literature ...

'' * Winifred "Wendy" Torrance, a main character from the American book and movie '' The Shining'' *Winifred Brooks, a character in the TV series “A Different World”

Ships

* , a Uganda Railway Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1936 * , a United States Navy tanker and cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919