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Fenella (F)>

Fenella (female)

Variants:Finella (F) Finola (F) Fionnuala (F) Fionola (F)
Pet Name(s):Nellie (F)
Derivative of:Fionnaghal (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):Flora (F) Flory (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Private communication [FN]
Notes:

Scottish, from the Gaelic Fionnaghal or Fionnuala, "white shoulder".

Fionnaghal may be Anglicized as Flora or Flory which can consequently be found as occasional, rare synonyms for Fenella. Here we have classed them as lesser synonyms.