Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to:

People

Saint Winifred Saint Winifred (or Winefride; ; ) was a Wales in the Early Middle Ages, 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 first writ ...

, 7th century Welsh saint *

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), British pianist * Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as

Mitchell Baker Winifred Mitchell Baker is the former chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation and CEO of the Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications, including the M ...

, American CEO *

Winifred, Countess of Dundonald Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald (; 16 April 1859 – 16 January 1924) was Welsh philanthropist, heiress, and noblewoman. She was the Welsh people, Welsh wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilto ...

(1859–1924), Welsh countess and philanthropist * Winifred Brown (1899–1984) English sportswoman, aviator and author, first woman to win the

King's Cup air race The King's Cup air race is a British handicapped cross-country event, which has taken place annually since 1922. It is run by the Royal Aero Club Records Racing and Rally Association. The King's Cup is one of the most prestigious prizes of the ...

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

(1880–1959), South African painter * Winifred Burks-Houck (1950–2004), American organic chemist * Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (née ''Dallas-Yorke;'' 1863–1954), British humanitarian and animal welfare activist * Winifred Copperwheat (1905–1976), English violist * Winifred Crossley Fair (1906–1984) British aviator, one of the First Eight women pilots to join the

Air Transport Auxiliary The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organisation set up at the start of the Second World War with headquarters at White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire. The ATA ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between fac ...

. *

Winifred Starr Dobyns Winifred Starr Dobyns (October 21, 1886 – December 30, 1963) was an American suffragist and landscape designer. Early life Winifred Ursula Starr was born in Cook County, Illinois, the daughter of Merritt Starr and Leila Whadock Starr. Her f ...

(1886–1963), American suffragist and landscape designer *

Winifred Drinkwater Winifred Joyce "Winnie" Drinkwater (11 April 1913 – 6 October 1996) was a pioneering Scottish aviator and aeroplane engineer. She was the first woman in the world to hold a commercial pilot's licence. Biography Drinkwater was born on 11 Apr ...

(1913–1996) Scottish aviator and aeroplane engineer, first woman in the world to hold a commercial pilot's licence. * Winifred Ewing (1929–2023), commonly known as

Winnie Ewing Winifred Margaret Ewing (; 10 July 1929 – 21 June 2023) was a Scottish lawyer and politician who figured prominently in the Scottish National Party. Born and raised in Glasgow, Ewing studied law at the University of Glasgow, where she joine ...

, prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician *

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

( 1885–1961), American silent film actress *

Winifred Hackett Winifred Hackett (2 October 1906 – 3 June 1994) was an electrical and aeronautical engineer who worked on guided weapon systems and the DEUCE computer. Early life and education Hackett was born in Kings Norton, an area of Birmingham on 2 ...

(1906–1994) British

electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

and

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who worked on guided weapon systems and the DEUCE computer * Winifred G. Helmes (1913–2004), American academic *

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(1680–1749), British aristocra known for arranging the escape of her husband from the Tower of London *

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), English novelist and journalist *

Winifred Jordan Winifred Sadie Jordan née Jeffrey (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. Biography She was born in Kings Nort ...

(1920–2019), English Olympic athlete * 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), English archaeologist *

Winifred Langton Winifred "Win" Langton (20 May 1909 – 7 March 2003) was a British communist, internationalist and activist. Family Langton was born in 1909 in Plaistow, East London, as one of six children. In the 1902 smallpox epidemic three of her elde ...

(1909–2003), communist, internationalist and activist *

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), English opera and concert singer *

Winifred Lewellin James Winifred Lewellin James (20 March 1876 – 27 April 1941) was an Australian writer. As a novelist, travel writer and journalist, her career began with her first novel published in 1907. During her time in London, she lost her Australian na ...

(1876–1941), Australian writer *

Winifred Mary Letts Winifred M. Letts (10 February 1882 – 7 June 1972) was a writer who spent most of her life in Ireland. She was known for her poetry, novels, and plays. Biography Winifred Mabel Letts was born on 10 February 1882 to Mary Isabel (née Ferrier) ...

(1882–1972), English writer, with strong Irish connections, known for her novels, plays and poetry * Winifred W. Logan (1931–2010), 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 R ...

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

Winifred Nicholson ''From Bedroom Window, Bankshead'', date unknown, private collection ''Costa Brava'', 1953, Government Art Collection Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British painter. She was married to the pa ...

(1893–1981), British painter * Winifred Reuning (1953–2015), American writer and editor *

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 ...

(1885–1983), Scottish medical practitioner and Christian missionary * Winifred Spooner (1900–1933), English aviator * Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725), English courtier, member of the Jacobite court in exile * Winifred

Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, (born 2 July 1947) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, she was Member of Parl ...

(born 1947), British 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), British educator and 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 (née 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 i ...

(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), American academic in the field of children's theatre * Winifred Mary Ward (1884–1975), British speech therapist * Winifred "Winnie" Mandela (1936–2018), South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela

Music

*"Winifred", by Brymo from '' 9: Harmattan & Winter'' (2021)

Places

Winifred, Montana Winifred is a small town in rural north-central Fergus County, Montana, United States. It was founded in 1913 and provides services for its region's populace. The town population was 172 at the 2020 census. History Winifred was founded in 1913 ...

, a town in the United States * Winifred Beach, a beach in Jamaica

Fictional characters

* Dora Winifred "D.W." Read, a character from the animated series ''Arthur'' * Winifred Banks (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 S ...

, 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 literatu ...

'' * Winifred "Fred" Grant, a character voiced by

Joey King Joey Lynn King (born July 30, 1999) is an American actress. She starred as Ramona Quimby in the comedy film '' Ramona and Beezus'' (2010) and gained wider recognition for her lead role as a late-blooming teenager in ''The Kissing Booth'' film ...

in the Disney Channel animated series "

Hamster and Gretel ''Hamster & Gretel'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series created by ''Phineas and Ferb'' and ''Milo Murphy's Law'' co-creator Dan Povenmire that first aired on Disney Channel on August 12, 2022. In January 2023, the serie ...

" * Winifred Portley-Rind, "Winnie" in the film ''

The Boxtrolls ''The Boxtrolls'' is a 2014 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Laika and loosely based on the 2005 novel '' Here Be Monsters!'' by Alan Snow. Directed by Graham Annable (in his feature directorial debut) and Anthony Stacchi an ...

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

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