Meaning and Origin
What does the name Windy mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Windy
User Submitted Origins
English
69%
Greek
15%
American Samoa
8%
Indonesian
8%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Cameroon, the name Windy means "Someone that's lost and has no direction but always finds the way around without being aware of it".
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Wind"y
Senses
- Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind."The windyhill." [M. Arnold.]"Blown with the windy tempest of my heart." [Shak.]
- Next the wind; windward."It keeps on the windy side of care." [Shak.]
- Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
- Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
- Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines."A windycolic." [Arbuthnot.]
- Fig.: Empty; airy." Windyjoy." [Milton.]"Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored." [South.]
Etymology: AS. windig
Other Dictionary Sources
- Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes ("a windy bluff")
- Using or containing too many words ("long-winded (or windy) speakers")
- Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability ("a windy dash home")
- Not practical or realizable; speculative
Wiktionary
From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”).
- (colloquial) fart
wind (“to curve, bend”) + -y