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WINNIFRED

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The name WINNIFRED comes from WINIFRED and is originally derived from GWENFREWI, and may have Welsh or English origins.

Derived from the Welsh elements gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed" and ffrewi meaning "reconciliation, peace". Saint Gwenffrewi or Winifred was a 7th-century Welsh martyr.

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