Win
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Meaning
bright, radiant (ဝင်း); a Wednesday-morning name (letters l and w). It reads as the English word win, one reason Burmese American families keep it unchanged on US paperwork
The formal names behind Win
Win is an established short form of each of these names.
Winston · English origin · place name, "Wine's settlement"
Wendy · English origin · modern coinage popularized by Peter Pan, meaning friend
How popular is Win around the world?
In the United States, 59 babies were named Win between 2020 and 2025.
Win is on the official records of the United States.
United States
1 in 370,000
In the United States, 59 babies were named Win between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Win has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
last on record 2024
Win is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
last on record 2014
Win is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
Where Win travels
Thai · victory (a genuine Thai nickname)
Keep exploring
Burmese baby names · Thai baby names · Short names · What is Win short for? · Gender-neutral names
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