Windus

Windus

Windus is last name of English origin. It is a variant of the last name "Winders". [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Windus-name-meaning.ashx Windus Name Meaning and Origin] Retrieved on 2008-01-21] The name is a metonymic occupational name for a textile worker or weaver, derived from the Middle English "wyndhows" ("winding house"). [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Winders-name-meaning.ashx Winders Name Meaning and Origin] Retrieved on 2008-01-21]

People with the last name Windus

* William Edward Windus, British poet and the Windus of Chatto and Windus
* William Lindsay Windus (1822–1907), British artist

Notes

References

* [http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Windus Surname DB entry]


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