The winston Surname
winston Name Meaning and History
- English: from an Old English personal name composed of the elements wynn ‘joy’ + stan ‘stone’.
- English: habitational name from any of various places called Winston or Winstone, from various Old English personal names + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, or, in the case of Winstone in Gloucestershire, Old English stan ‘stone’.
- Americanized form of Jewish Weinstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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