Urenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oo-REN-na
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Urenna is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “father's pride”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Urenna mean?
Igbo: ure 'pride' + nna 'father'
“father's pride”
Is Urenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Urenna 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 Urenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 567% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Urenna, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Urenna of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Urenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
Names like Urenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Maeva, Amara, Athena, Orla, Nora, Nova, Aurora, Eden, Maeve, Cora, Clara
More Igbo names
Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna
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, “Urenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/urenna, updated 20 October 2026.