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I used to love Winona, and I'm still partial to it because that "nona" is so melancholy, but as a non-indigenous American, I'd feel uncomfortable using it.

Toussaint sounds like he wandered into the wrong family picture. You have a pair of sisters who sound like Russian ballerinas, and then you have Toussaint? Old-time Haitian sugar baron? Old-time New Orleans voodoo priest? Mid-20th-century French detective?

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Never liked Winona/Wenona/Wyonona. I know it's a real name, but it sounds like baby talk for Ramona or something. Also sounds a little like an early model of pickup truck.

I love that sibset. I prefer Valentine on a boy but I'm loving the whole energy of this group. Yes, good. Toussaint is an old favourite of mine!

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I gotta say, you were really selling the idea of Winona as this romantic, nostalgic, slightly tragic name to me (the fact that there is also a legend about a Winona leaping to her death to avoid a loveless marriage also helps) but that song totally broke the spell for me, sorry, lol. I do like Winona (and Wynona, and Wenonah, etc) though. I don't know if I'd feel comfortable using it, but I do think it's a great name.

I've always liked Winona; certainly the best way of achieving Winnie as a nn! But I never knew it was a town - thank you!

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Don't feel a thing for the sibset. Wouldn't work for me; does work for them; over and out.

I only like Tatiana