masculine Winfried

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Origin:
germanic
Name Root:
*-winiz *friþuz > wine frið > WINFRIÐ
Meaning:*
This name means a friend of peace, the one who brings peace. The name derives from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) root” wine frið,” which in turn derives from Old High German name “Winfried,” composed of two Ancient Germanic elements: “*-winiz” (friend) plus “*friþuz” (peace, tranquility, friendship). Saint Winifred or Saint Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian woman, around whom many historical legends have formed. A healing spring at the traditional site of her death is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St Winefride’s Well in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales known as the Lourdes of Wales.

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Notable People and Personalities

Winfried Berkemeier (born 1953), former German footballer
Winfried Bischoff (born 1941), German-British businessperson
Winfried Bönig (born 1959), German organist
Winfried Brugger (born 1950), German academic
Winfried Denk (born 1957), German physicist and neurobiologist
Winfried Glatzeder (born 1945), German television actor
Winfried Hassemer (1940–2014), German criminal law scientist
Winfried Klepsch (born 1956), retired West German long jumper
Winfried Michel (born 1948), German recorder player, composer, and editor of music
Winfried Nachtwei (born 1946), German politician
Winfried Otto Schumann (1888-1974), German physicist
Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager and former player
Winfried Zillig (1905-1963), German composer, music theorist, and conductor