WindusWindus is a last name of English origin. It is a variant of the last name Wingers. The name is a metonymic occupational name for a textile worker or weaver, derived from the Middle English wyndhows.People with the last name Windus Claron A. Windus, United States Army officerTheresa Windus, American chemist William Edward Windus, British poet and the Windus of Chatto and Windus William Lindsay Windus, British artist