Winslett Family History
Winslett Name Meaning
English (Surrey and Middlesex): apparently a late variant of Winslade a habitational name from Winslade (Hampshire) or Winslade in East Putford (Devon). The Hampshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Wine (genitive Wines) + Old English flōde ‘channel of water gutter’. The Devon placename probably derives from Old English wīd ‘wide’ or wīthig ‘withy’ + slæd ‘valley’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022