Winslow
WINZ-loh
English
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Friend's hill; Hill of victory
- Origin
- English
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Winslow does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Friend's hill; Hill of victory", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Winslow.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Winslow is the friend's hill — the elevated joy of being called God's friend, the summit of divine intimacy.
- Verses on this meaning
- James 2:23
"Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
- John 15:15
"Henceforth I call you not servants... but I have called you friends."
- James 2:23