Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh Gwenffrewi, from gwen, "fair", and ffrew, "stillness". It may refer to:
People
Saint Winifred
Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as Mitchell Baker, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald Winifred Brunton (1880–1959), a painter from South Africa Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (née Dallas-Yorke; 1863–1954), wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland Winifred Copperwheat (1905–1976), English violist Winifred Starr Dobyns (1886–1963), American suffragist and landscape designer Winifred Ewing (1929–2023), commonly known as Winnie Ewing, a prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Winifred Greenwood, American silent film actress Winifred G. Helmes, American academic Winifred Herbert (1680–1749), best known for arranging the daring escape of her husband from the Tower of London in 1716 Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), an English novelist and journalist Winifred Jordan (née Jeffrey; 1920–2019), an English athlete who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games and the 1948 Summer Olympics Lady Winifred Kamit, Papua New Guinean lawyer Winifred Lamb (1894–1963, an English archaeologist of the early 20th century Winifred Lawson (1892-1961), an English opera and concert singer Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941), an Australian writer Winifred Mary Letts (1882–1972), an English writer, with strong Irish connections, known for her novels, plays and poetry Winifred W. Logan (1931–2010) was a British Nurse theorist who was co-author of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing Winifred Edgerton Merrill (1862–1951), the first American female to receive a PhD in mathematics Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981), a painter Winifred Rushforth (1885–1983), a Jungian psychoanalyst Winifred Spooner (1900–1933), an aviator of the 1920s and 1930s Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725), English courtier, member of the Jacobite court in exile Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton (born 1947), a politician Winifred Todhunter (1877–1961), the founder of the Todhunter School for girls Winifred Tumim (1936–2009), English charity administrator Winifred "Freda" Utley (1898–1978), English scholar, political activist and best-selling author Winifred Wagner (1897–1980), head of the Wagner family from 1930 to 1945 and a close friend of German dictator Adolf Hitler Winifred Ward (1884–1975), a professor at Northwestern College most notable for having done significant work in the field of children's theatre Winifred Mary Ward (1884–1975), one of the founders of modern speech therapy Winifred "Winnie" Mandela (1936–2018), former wife of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela
Places
Winifred, Montana, a town in the United States
Winifred Beach, a beach in Jamaica
Fictional characters
Dora-Winifred "D.W." Read, a character from the animated series Arthur
Winifred Banks (Mrs. Banks), a character from Mary Poppins who appears as a suffragette in the 1964 Disney film and as a fashionable housewife in the Broadway musical Winifred Burkle, known as "Fred", a main character in the 1999 television series Angel Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the main antagonist in the 1993 film Hocus Pocus Winifred "Winnie" Foster, a main character from the American book and movie Tuck Everlasting Winifred "Wendy" Torrance, a main character from the American book and movie The Shining Winifred Brooks, a character in the TV series “A Different World” Winifred "Fred" Grant a character voiced by Joey King in the Disney Channel animated series "Hamster and Gretel" Winifred Portley-Rind, "Winnie" in the film 'The Boxtrolls'