Winifred
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Welsh Gwenfrewi from Welsh gwen 'white' + an uncertain element, Latinized Winefrida.
The name of a 7th C Welsh saint.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1556 Winefrid StAnthonlin p. 11,
Winifrid ibid. p. 11;
1558 Winefrid ibid. p. 12;
1562 Wenefred Redruth-Co p. 6;
1563 Wenefred ibid. p. 6,
Winifrid StAnthonlin p. 16;
1564 Wenefred Redruth-Co p. 6;
1565 Winefrid StAnthonlin p. 17,
Winifrid ibid. p. 18;
1567 Winefrid ibid. p. 19,
Winifrid ibid. p. 19;
1571 Wrinyfrid DEmar-vol1 p. 82;
1572 Winifride CAmar-vol1 p. 2;
1573 Winifrid StAnthonlin p. 23;
1574 Winefrid ibid. p. 24;
1575 Wynfred BEmar-vol2 p. 129;
1578 Winithrid StAnthonlin p. 27;
1581 Winfrid BUmar-vol2 p. 117,
Winifred StAnthonlin p. 28,
Winifrid ibid. p. 28;
1586 Winifred BUmar-vol2 p. 64,
DEmar-vol2 p. 12;
1587 Winifred StAnthonlin p. 32;
1589 Winifred BUmar-vol2 p. 65;
1591? Winifred HAmar-vol9 p. 116;
1598 Winifred DEmar-vol2 p. 37;
1599 Wenefryd BUmar-vol1 p. 27
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Winifred". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Winifred.