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Winnie or Winny (\wi(n)-ny\) is a male and female given name of Welsh origin, a variant of Edwina, Winifred or Winnifred, Gwendolyn, Guinevere (Welsh), Gwyneth (Welsh), and Wynne (Welsh). The name's meaning is fair one; white and smooth; soft; happiness; or fair and pure. The popularity of the name Winnie steadily declined among American women in the 20th century, but in the 1990 US Census, still ranked 699th of 4276.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winnie )〕 It is also a male name from Cambodia (meaning bright),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winny )〕 or a short form of Winston, the best known example being Winston Churchill. It can derive from many other names ending in -win such as Edwin, Darwin, etc. or simply be a nickname for the Welsh name Wyn meaning "Fair, white; blessed, holy". ==People== *Varina Anne Davis (1864-1898), called Winnie, author and daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis *Alon P. Winnie (1932−2015), MD, anesthesiologist *Winnie Baze (1914−2006), American football player *Winnie Ewing (born 1929), Scottish nationalist *Winnie Haatrecht (born 1963), Dutch-Surinamese retired footballer and currently a player's agent *Winnie Holzman (born 1954), American dramatist, screenwriter and poet *Winny de Jong (born 1958), Dutch politician *Winnie Ruth Judd (1905-1998), convicted double murderer *Luamanuvao Winnie Laban (born 1955), New Zealand politician *Winnie Leuszler (1926-2004), Canadian swimmer *Winnie Lightner (1899-1971), American film actress *Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born 1936), ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela *Winnie Shaw (1947-1992), Scottish tennis player *Winnie Yu (born 1954), Cantonese radio director 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winnie (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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