Winston

Winston is an English surname-turned-given name derived from the place name Winstanley or, more directly, from Winstone in Gloucestershire, England, combining the Old English personal name Wine, meaning friend, with the element tun, meaning settlement or estate. It transferred into use as a given name largely in honor of the Churchill family, whose ancestral connection to the place gave rise to the surname. The name gained worldwide recognition through Sir Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Wynn and Win are informal short forms sometimes associated with the name.