Windus is a last name of English origin. It is a variant of the last name Wingers.Windus Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2008-01-21 The name is a metonymic occupational name for a textile worker or weaver, derived from the Middle English wyndhows ("winding house").Winders Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2008-01-21
People with the last name Windus Claron A. Windus (1850–1927), United States Army officer Theresa Windus, American chemist William Edward Windus, British poet and the Windus of Chatto and Windus William Lindsay Windus (1822–1907), British artist
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