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Eniola

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
en-ee-OH-la
Origin
Yoruba
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#6,837 for girls

Eniola is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “person of wealth and honour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).

What does Eniola mean?

Yoruba

“person of wealth and honour”

Yoruba name from eni 'person' and ola 'wealth, honour'.

Is Eniola a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Eniola has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 16 girls in the US.

How popular is Eniola in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,509among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 73% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Eniola, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 18 girls. 3 boys were also named Eniola in 2025 (5,065th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Eniola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 79% of the babies named Eniola in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 18 in 20082025
Eniola in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202416#1,881
202318#1,728
20227#3,347
20218#3,082
20209#2,766
20197#3,340
201810#2,631
201710#2,652
201610#2,692
201515#1,988
20147#3,321
201316#1,874
201213#2,210
201110#2,582
201012#2,234
200916#1,763
200818#1,620
200717#1,614
20068#2,657
20058#2,555
20049#2,226
20036#2,877
20024#3,556
20016#2,587
20000–
19996#2,559
19985#2,855
19974#3,345
19968#2,012

How popular is Eniola in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,837among girls
Babies in 2025
16about 1 in 100,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Eniola, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.

Half of all the girls named Eniola in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1994Busiest: 27 in 20222025
Eniola in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202516#6,837
20247#12,156
202321#5,747
202227#4,904
202112#8,459
202017#6,625
201915#7,338
201823#5,450
201725#5,189
201616#7,227
201513#8,443
201415#7,633
201313#8,575
201216#7,452
201117#7,115
201016#7,510
200911#9,971
200814#8,525
20078#12,671
200611#9,897
20057#13,003
20047#12,754
20037#12,401
20027#12,181
20010–
20006#13,147
19990–
19980–
19976#12,065
19960–
19950–
19948#9,580

Nicknames for Eniola

Names like Eniola

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Eniola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eniola, updated 20 October 2026.