Winona

Alternative forms

 * Wenona, Wenonah, Wynona

Etymology
From. While not originally used as a personal name by the Dakota, it has been adopted as such by English speakers.

John Koontz suggested that the name was a compound of +  +  (a diminutive suffix) and thus a reflex of /. That root is otherwise unattested in the Sioux languages, which use reflexes of instead, and a more prosaic analysis identifies the first elements of the name with.

Proper noun

 * , used mainly in the United States.