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[Surname] Winwood
I am a fan of the 80's singer Steve Winwood and have seen that Winwood isn't in the W section. What's its meaning? Can't believe he's 70 now.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland says that its "of uncertain origin, but perhaps a locative name from a lost place named with Old English wudu‘wood’as the final element.
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