On October 13-15, 2023, participate in Geneanet's 'Save our Graves' Weekend!

Last name: WINDER

Back
Welcome at Geneanet!

Welcome at Geneanet!

With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 8 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.

Discover Geneanet

All you have to know about the last name WINDER

Last name frequency

WINDER : This last name is indexed 62,777 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

WINDER : English:: 1: habitational name in northwestern England from any of several places called Winder in Lancashire Cumbria and Yorkshire especially one in Cartmel (Lancashire) all named with Old Norse vindr ‘wind’ + erg ‘shieling hill pasture’.2: in Sussex and Kent a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(at the) winding path or ascent’ or by a winding stream from Middle English wind + the agent suffix -er. Compare Wind 1.3: occupational name for a winder of wool from Middle English winder an agent derivative of Middle English winde(n) ‘to wind’ (Old English windan ‘to go to proceed’). The verb was also used in the Middle Ages to denote various weaving and plaiting processes so that in some cases the name may have referred to a maker of baskets or hurdles.

Learn more

Variants of last name

The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.

Search a name

Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.

Most popular first names

Most indexed places

Most indexed countries

Available collections for this name