Winter

in the US

There are 27,718 people with the last name "Winter" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Winter 946
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  1. is 942nd most common Snider
  2. is 943rd most common Holder
  3. is 944th most common Terrell
  4. is 945th most common Bray
  5. is 946th most common Winter
  6. is 947th most common Osborn
  7. is 948th most common Kuhn
  8. is 949th most common Macias
  9. is 950th most common Barrera

Most Common First Names for Winter

Robert, John, David, James, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Thomas, Mark



Meaning & History

English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname or byname for someone of a frosty or gloomy temperament, from Middle English, Middle High German, Danish, Swedish winter (Old English winter, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr). The Swedish name can be ornamental.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Winter ‘winter’, either an ornamental name or one of the group of names denoting the seasons, which were distributed at random by government officials. Compare Summer, Fruhling, and Herbst.

Irish: Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla-Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. This name is also Anglicized McAlivery.

Mistranslation of French Livernois, which is in fact a habitational name, but mistakenly construed as l’hiver ‘winter’.


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