The first name Winifred is of Celtic/Gaelic, English, German, Teutonic, Welsh origin. It is often a girl name. It has the following meaning(s):

Celtic/Gaelic: Friend of Peace

English: Idealistic(Winnie)

German: Peaceful Friend

Teutonic: Peaceful

Welsh: Reconciled; Blessed. Historically Winifred Was a Martyred Welsh Princess; Traditionally the Patron Saint of Virgins

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Freda  (Scottish)
Blessed Peace; a Short Form of Winifred. it is Also Used As an Independent Given Name. (Free-dah)

Freda  (Welsh)
Diminutive of Winifred: Blessed Reconciliation

Una  (Scottish)
Believed to Be Derived from the Gaelic Una (Dearth, Famine, Hunger), and Also from Uan (Lamb). Anglicizations As Euna, Agnes, and Winifred. (Yoo-nah)

Win  (Welsh)
Diminutive of Winifred: Blessed Reconciliation

Winefred  (Welsh)
White Wave. Also a Variant of Winifred: Blessed Reconciliation

Winifreda  (German)
Peaceful Friend

Winnie  (Welsh)
Diminutive of Winifred: Blessed Reconciliation

Winnifred  (English)
Peaceful Friend; a Form of Guinevere. ( Freddi, Freddie, Freddy, Fredi, Ona, Oana, Una, Winifred, Winnie, Winne, Winny, Wynn). Origin: Old German

Winnifred  (Welsh)
White Wave. Also a Variant of Winifred: Blessed Reconciliation

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