Winona (name)
| Winona | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Feminine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Dakota |
| Meaning | "firstborn daughter" |
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Winona is a feminine given name, an Anglicized form of the Dakota name Winúŋna, meaning "firstborn daughter."
People with the name or variations thereof include:
- The daughter of the Dakota Sioux Chief Wapasha III
- Winona LaDuke (born 1959), Native American activist
- Winona Ryder (born 1971), American actress
- Wynona Carr (1924–76), African-American gospel, R&B and rock and roll singer-songwriter
- Wynona Lipman (c. 1932–99), American politician and New Jersey state senator
- Wynonna Judd (born 1964), American country singer
Fictional characters so named include:
- Wenonah, the mother of Hiawatha in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
- Winona, a character in the Pokémon universe
- Winona Kirk, the mother of Star Trek 's James T. Kirk