Of English origin.
Derives from the English surname Winton, meaning “friend’s settlement”.
Associated with the Old English word “wine”, meaning friend.
Variant: Winton.
Famous bearers are musicians Wynton Marsalis and Wynton Kelly.
American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, awarded nine Grammies and a Pulitzer Prize for Music.
He has made a great impact on music and is the first jazz artist who not only performed but also composed across the whole jazz spectrum.
Marsalis is also a music educator. After being invited by Harvard University, he created a six lecture series about American music.