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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword winter.
usage
meaning
Vinter Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian variant of Winter.
Winter English, German, Swedish
From Old English winter or Old High German wintar meaning "winter". This was a nickname for a person with a cold personality.
Winterbottom English
From Old English winter meaning "winter" and botm meaning "ground, soil, bottom". This name probably referred to a winter pasture at the bottom of a lowland valley.
Winther Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish variant of Winter.
Zima m & u Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian
From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.
Zyma Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zima.