Winnaretta

An invented name most notably borne by Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune. Singer spent most of her life in Paris after marrying Prince Louis de Scey-Montbéliard. Their marriage was never consummated — Singer reportedly threatened to kill her new husband if he touched her. She had numerous affairs with women over the course of her life, including with painter Romaine Brooks, composer Ethel Smyth, and Virginia Woolf.

Pronounced win-uh-RET-uh.