Winfield

English
"meadow, field"

Winfield Origin and Meaning

The name Winfield is a boy's name meaning "meadow, field".

An English surname derived from multiple place names, which ranked in the Top 500 for boys in the US until the turn of the 20th century.

# 976 in the US

Winfield Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Winfield

  • Winfield Scott3rd U.S. Army Commanding General and presidential candidate
  • Winfield Scott HancockU.S. general in the War of 1812 and Civil War; named after Gen. Winfield Scott
  • Winfield Scott SchleyU.S. Navy rear admiral in the Spanish–American War
  • Winfield Scott EdgerlyU.S. Brigadier General in the Indian Wars Spanish–American War and WWI
  • Winfield Scott HammondAmerican politician; 18th Governor of Minnesota
  • Winfield Scott KennedyAmerican academic
  • Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore IIIAmerican rock guitarist
  • (Bryant) Winfield Culberson DunnAmerican politician; 43rd Governor of Tennessee
  • Winfield Taylor DurbinAmerican politician; 25th governor of Indiana

Winfield in Pop Culture

  • Winfield Joadcharacter in book/film The Grapes of Wrath
  • Winfieldbrand of cigarettes in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.
  • Winfield was an ownbrand of Woolworths in Britain from the 1960s to the 1980s for marketing household cleaners, groceries, kitchenware, perfumes, and other ranges.