Winfryd
Just 34 men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been named Winfryd in over two decades. Germanic at root, it means "friend of peace."
Winfryd Pronunciation
Winfryd is pronounced VEENF-riht (/ˈvinfrɨt/).
What Winfryd means
Where Winfryd comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Winfryd comes from Germanic roots. Two old elements sit inside it: wini, meaning friend, and fridu, meaning peace. Together they give the sense that Polish keeps to this day, przyjaciel pokoju, friend of peace.
The oldest famous bearer wore the Anglo-Saxon form of it. Wynfrith was born in Wessex around 675 and later took the name Boniface as a missionary bishop. History calls him the apostle of the Germans. Winfryd is a cousin of that early Wynfrith, built from the same friend and the same peace.
The variant Winfried stayed more common in German-speaking lands. It still turns up on official forms at the urząd next to the Polish Winfryd. Read the name back and the meaning holds: friend of peace.
How many people are named Winfryd
1 in 627829 men in Poland is named Winfryd. 34 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6922 among male names.
Winfryd as a middle name
Winfryd is a first name for 34 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, an 81/19 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3718th, between Wielisław (8) and Wladislaw (8).
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#3716 Wictor8
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#3717 Wielisław8
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#3718 Winfryd8
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#3719 Wladislaw8
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#3720 Worku8