Winstead Family History
Winstead Name Meaning
English: habitational name perhaps from Wanstead in Greater London (formerly Esses) recorded in Domesday Book as Wenesteda ‘site (Old English stede) by a mound (Old English wænn) or where wagons (Old English wǣn) are kept’ but more likely from Winestead in East Yorkshire named from Old English wīf ‘wife’ or a female personal name Wīfa + stede ‘homestead’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022