# Fenella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fenella/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 432, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Fionnaghal, from Fionnghuala.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Fenella

- Fenella Fielding, English actress (1927–2018)
- Fenella Woolgar, English actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.