Meaning: Short form of Winifred
The story
Winnie is a familiar short form of Winifred. The separate Winnie-the-Pooh association comes from a bear named Winnipeg, so the storybook name does not supply Winifred’s etymology.
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Winnie comes from English and Welsh.
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