Winslow

Where Winslow comes from

From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlǣw, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Winslow
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1836
    Winslow Homer born
    American landscape painter
  2. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,057 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1907
    Peak, #999
    8 babies named Winslow — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1908
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1912
    Winslow Hall born
    American rower
  6. 2013
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Winslow Homer · American landscape painter, 1836–1910
  • Winslow Hall · American rower, 1912–1995
  • Winslow R. Briggs · American botanist, 1928–2019
  • Winslow Fegley · American actor, born 2009
  • Winslow Ames · American art historian, 1907–1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.