Wenonah

A girls’ name of Algonquian origin, meaning first daughter or maiden.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Wenonah by the numbers

Wenonah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 1916, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wenonah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Winonafirstborn daughter24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Wynonafirstborn daughter; a form of Winona11 in the US (2017)

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