The windsor Surname
windsor Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Windsor in Berkshire, Broadwindsor
in Dorset, or Winsor in Devon and Hampshire, all named from an
unattested Old English windels ‘windlass’ + Old English
ora ‘bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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