Female name
Winona
221 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 4.
Origin
From Dakota winúŋna (“firstborn daughter”). While not originally used as a personal name by the Dakota, it has been adopted as such by English speakers. John Koontz suggested that the name was a compound of wi- (“female”) + no (“first”) + -na (a diminutive suffix) and thus a reflex of Proto-Siouan *rǫ/*nǫ (“one”). That root is otherwise unattested in the Sioux languages, which use reflexes of *wį(y)ą (“one”) instead, and a more prosaic analysis identifies the first elements of the name with winyan (“woman”).From Wiktionary, entry “Winona”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 33 births. 221 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It really came into use around 2022. It is still given: 116 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 466 births. 12,953 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1892. It is still given: 1,604 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
5 + 9 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 1 = 31 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 6 + 1 = 16 → 7
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
5 + 5 + 5 = 15 → 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.