Winney
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Frequency: (200)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Variant of Dutch Winne.
2. English: from an unattested Old English personal name, Wyngeofu, composed of the elements wyn ‘joy’ + geofu ‘battle’.
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