Fenella
See also: fenella
English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Fionnaghal, from Fionnghuala.
Proper noun
Fenella
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 68:
- Upon this unfortunate, with the touch of romance which marked many of her proceedings, Lady Derby had conferred the name of Fenella, after some ancient princess of the island.