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 Trek's James T. Kirk
 * 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 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
 * 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