Winona (name)

Winona is a feminine given name, an Anglicized form of the Dakota descriptive term, Winúŋna, meaning "firstborn daughter."

People

• Winona Grace MacInnis (born 1905), Canadian politician
• Winona LaDuke (born 1959), Native American activist
• Winona Oak (born 1994), Swedish singer-songwriter
• Winona Ryder (born 1971), American actress
• Wynona Carr (1924–76), African-American gospel, R&B and rock and roll singer-songwriter
• Wynona Lipman (c. 1932–99), American politician and New Jersey state senator
• Wynonna Judd (born 1964), American country singer

Fictional characters

• Winona, lead in the film Pink Skies Ahead
• Wenonah, the mother of Hiawatha in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
• Winona, legendary Dakota figure who committed suicide
• Winona, a character in the Pokémon universe
• Winona Kirk, the mother of Star Treks James T. Kirk
• Winona, romantic interest of Jerry Seinfeld in The Cigar Store Indian
• Winona, in the Sebastian Barry novel Days Without End: adopted daughter of John Cole, one of the two main protagonists
• Winona, Applejack’s dog in '
• Wynonna, main character (portrayed by Melanie Scrofano) in the show Wynonna Earp
• Winona Pickford, a supporting character of Tales of Phantasia
• Winona, a character in the British children's television series Rubbadubbers