Winwick

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Winick, Winnick

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wina + wīc (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnɪk/

Proper noun

Winwick (countable and uncountable, plural Winwicks)

1. A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1080).
2. A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England, historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SJ6092).
3. A small village, a civil parish and a lost settlement in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6273).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Winwick is the 15044^th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 16 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Winwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.