Winsor Name Meaning

The name Winsor is primarily a male name of English origin that means “From Windsor”. The name Windsor is derived from an old English name 'Windlesora', which is based on the elements 'windels', meaning 'windlass' or 'winch', and 'ora' meaning 'bank' or 'shore'. So, essentially, Winsor means "from the bank with the winch."

This name is unique and not very commonplace, so it may be hard to find many famous personalities with this exact name. However, if we refer to the more common variation Windsor, one famous personality that comes to the mind is none other than the British Royal Family, the House of Windsor, renamed from House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha during World War I due to anti-German sentiments in the United Kingdom.