Winwick
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Wina + wīc (“village”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪnɪk/
Proper noun
Winwick (countable and uncountable, plural Winwicks)
- A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1080).
- A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England, historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SJ6092).
- A small village, a civil parish and a lost settlement in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6273).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Winwick is the 15044th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 16 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Winwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.