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View Name: Windsor


WINDSOR
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English (Rare)
PRONOUNCED: WIN-zər   [key]
Meaning & History
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English (a windlass is a lifting apparatus). This has been the surname of the royal family of the United Kingdom since 1917.
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