See the results of this poll: Wynn - great name for a boy/girl/either
Respondents: 37 (This poll is closed)
- Wynn - good boy name : 6 (15%)
- Wynn - good girl name : 10 (26%)
- Wynn - could be used for a boy or a girl: 23 (59%)
I’m also from the South and I’ve only heard [name]Wynn[/name]/[name]Wynne[/name] as a girl’s name. I have a hard time picturing it on a boy. That being said, I think it would be okay as a middle name for a boy.
I like [name]Wynn[/name] for a boy and [name]Wynne[/name] for a girl. Without the e I would likely assume that the name belonged to a male. It doesn’t seem to be widely in use on either gender at the moment (I just checked and there were 54 male Wynns born last year, 28 female Wynns, and 21 female Wynnes.) I think part of the interest in [name]Wynn[/name]/[name]Wynne[/name] as a girls’ name lately may have to do with people wanting to use it as a way to get to [name]Winnie[/name]/[name]Wynnie[/name], but I may be wrong about that.
I don’t like wynn at all since it sounds like “win”
I don’t really think it works as a stand alone name. I realize it could be used as a nn for a lot of different names.
But I immediately hear [name]Nguyen[/name] or win. It doesn’t feels substantial enough to be a name on it’s own.
Since “wyn” is a Welsh [name]MALE[/name] ending, I think of it as more masculine than feminine.
It seems masculine to me. I considered it for a middle for [name]Asher[/name] since [name]Wynn[/name] means friend and I am honoring someone who’s name means friend also. I can’t picture it on a girl, myself.
[name]Wynn[/name] is a family name for me as well, and I do prefer it for a boy. Since [name]Wynn[/name] doesn’t rank for either sex, it’s fair game. Something like [name]Wynn[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] or [name]Wynn[/name] [name]Robert[/name] would be very handsome.
I’ve never heard of [name]Wynn[/name] for a girl. I had a teacher named [name]Wynn[/name] so I only see it as masculine. For a girl I only see it as a nn
Sounds more like a cute nickname to me!