Winston
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name derived from the place name. From Old English personal name Wine, in the genitive singular case Wines + tūn (“farm, village”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Winston (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Winston has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 22 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 25 |
| 2010 | 30 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 41 |
| 2013 | 53 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2016 | 58 |
| 2017 | 52 |
| 2018 | 65 |
| 2019 | 49 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 50 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 26 |
| 2000 | 30 |
| 2001 | 35 |
| 2002 | 39 |
| 2003 | 41 |
| 2004 | 48 |
| 2005 | 54 |
| 2006 | 65 |
| 2007 | 88 |
| 2008 | 103 |
| 2009 | 126 |
| 2010 | 157 |
| 2011 | 189 |
| 2012 | 227 |
| 2013 | 280 |
| 2014 | 333 |
| 2015 | 384 |
| 2016 | 442 |
| 2017 | 496 |
| 2018 | 566 |
| 2019 | 614 |
| 2020 | 695 |
Winston in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Winston.Hi! My name is Winston.
- Winston bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Winston lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Winston i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Winston this afternoon.
- Winstons mamma är lärare.Winston's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Winstons mamma is Winston's mum.
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How do you pronounce Winston in Swedish?
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What does the name Winston mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name derived from the place name. From Old English personal name Wine, in the genitive singular case Wines + tūn (“farm, village”).
How popular is Winston in Sweden?
50 babies were named Winston in 2022. In 2020, 695 people in Sweden had Winston as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.