Fenella
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Fenella is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Fenella mean?
Scottish
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Fenella a girl's or a boy's name?
Fenella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fenella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Fenella, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fenella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Fenella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 27 | #878 |
Names like Fenella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca Iona Fiona Emma Anna Jessica Eleanor Lydia Charlotte Hannah Melissa Rebecca
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fenella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fenella, updated 20 October 2026.