Släkthistoria för Whinfield
Whinfield Vad efternamn betyder
from Whinfield in Pennington (Lancs) Whinfell (Cumb) which is recorded as Whinnefelde in 1230 Whinfell (Westm) which is recorded as Whinfielde in 1577 or Whinfell in Brougham (Westm) which is recorded as Wynefeld in medieval documents. The place-names derive from Old Scandinavian *hvin ‘gorse’ + fjall ‘fell hill’. There may have been some confusion with Winfield.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
