Fenris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FEN-ris
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Fenris is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Fenris mean?
Old Norse: from Fenrisulfr, 'Fenris wolf'
In Norse myth Fenrir, the Fenris wolf, is the monstrous son of Loki who kills Odin at Ragnarok.
Is Fenris a girl's or a boy's name?
Fenris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fenris in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
Fenris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
How popular is Fenris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Fenris, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Fenris in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fenris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Nicknames for Fenris
- Fen 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Fenris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Luca, Atlas, Idris, Elis, Arlo, Ezra, Faris, Lando, Fergus, Archer, Theo
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
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, “Fenris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fenris, updated 20 October 2026.