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I love the name Wynne. :) It's on of my favorites! Winifred is also nice, but I like Wynne more.

Wynne is a nice name (it makes me think of Dragon Age), but do to it's simplicity I wonder if it would be better as a middle name. For Winifred / Winnifred, I'd use Win.

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This message was edited 8/1/2013, 3:57 PM

Wynne is airy, feathery, whimsical, and decidedly fey, but isn't so delicate that it would discourage me. It is far more appealing, in my opinion, than the similar Lynne. I would rather it be used as a nickname, and Winifred is an obvious contender (and great name), though I think that it could work with any number of names (especially ones ending in -wyn, -wen, (Welsh names would be worthwhile to look into) or perhaps even -line (like Gwendoline)), or conceivably Winona, Wynona, and Winter, Wynter (but I'm not much of a fan of the last two).
If you have an imagination, Wilhelmine, Wilhelmina, Willemina, or possibly a name that does not begin with W could be doable.

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I could even see myself liking it in masculine context.

Wynne doesn't do anything for me, but I love Winifred!

I think it's a beautiful name on it's own. Sure, it's a fine nickname as well, but I've never met anyone named Winifred, while Wynne sounds almost modern.

I far prefer Wynne to Winifred! It's a good name that I keep overlooking. I had a classmate at uni whose sister was a Wynne, but I never met her and I've never encountered another one. She always seemed to be called Wynne, never Winnie.

I like it but it sounds like 'win' way too much. I prefer Lynne.
I like Winifred, too, but I'd call her Winnie.

To honour a Winifred it's fine - though nms I also think it's quite nice apart from that, fitting today's trends.
It puts me in mind of British actress Meg Wynn Owen, though in her case it must be a family surname. Shows how good Wynne might sound with another short name in front of it, though,
e.g.
Adele Wynne
Claire Wynne
Lyra Wynne
Maeve Wynne
Ruth Wynne

Wynne is okay.

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I see it working as a nn for Winifred. Win looks to wordy to be a nn, so I'm fine with Wynne. I think it could work with names that have -wen in it too, like Rowena (depending on how you pronounce it), Blodwen, Branwen, Bronwen, Mairwen, etc.