Enola
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 25 babies a year in England and Wales.
Enola by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Enola. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 99 babies in 1953, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Enola
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Enola. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eniolaa wealthy person is someone to behold11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Enorahonorable or noble4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elonabright light; a form of Eleanor18 in the US (2017)
- Emilarival; a spelling variant of Emilia9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esosagod has done well7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Enlliisland; from the name of an isle off wales4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Enola
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