what is Winnie short for?

[whatsallthefuss]

I heard it in the park the other day and thought it was lovely, but wondered what it could be short for.

Winifred.

Or Winston, if a boy.

I LOVE Winnie. But not very keen on Winifred.

Isn't Bruce Foresyth's wife called Winella?

Lots of Welsh names also end in 'wyn' or 'wen'; Bronwyn/Blodwyn/Tegwen etc

I would think Winifred or Guinevere?

Winifred is the obvious candidate but maybe Winona, Winter, Edwina, Gwyneth or, at a stretch, Gwendolyn, Wilhelmina or Whitney? Apparently Winnie-the-Pooh's namesake was Winnipeg.

Use Bronwen not Bronwyn (i.e. -wen, not -wyn endings for girls' names) though!

Winnie is enough of a name to standalone, in my opinion.

Winifred

The Pooh, of course

Wilhelmina

Winfred/Winifred are boys names, aren't they?

And even then I wasn't the first.

Aside: Winnie the Pooh was named after a bear who was named after the town, Winnipeg, so it's not that Winnipeg was a person's name.

My Aunt Winnie was Williamina.

The only one I know is short for Anwyn

My dd nickname is Winnie. Her name is Quinn.

OtherSide - Wilfred is a boy's name. Winifred is a girl's name.

I had a great aunt Winnie (Winifred), though she died well before I was born.

It's no better or worse that all the other old lady names - far nicer than Florence and Beatrice, IMO. I bet it will be in the next 'round' of old lady names, as people move on from the more cutesy ones, looking for something more substantial.

Horrible name.

Such a cute name.

Short for Winter too :) Or Winsome. I also knew a Bronwyn who became known as 'Winny'.

The witch

The only Winnie I know is 96. Short for Winifred. She has always detested the name and as soon as she could used her middle name of Louise. I couldnt imagine her called 'Winifred' and to be honest couldnt imagine anyone else called that!

The Winnie I know is short for Juanita. (Personally, I prefer Juanita....)

I know a Winnie who is Arwen

Gosh imagine having a gorgeous name like Arwen and using Winnie !

The only Winnie I ever knew was a nice old dear who worked in my Gran's shop who liked to take her falsies out to drink her tea!