Enola

Locally spelled Eñola in PH Philippines.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Enola, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Gay
• Holmes
• Iona
• Delia
• Lenora

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Enola is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Philippines

  Also written Eñola, Enóla, Enôla, Ênola

• a separate name8 spellings in the group

  Also written Енола

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Eñola

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Enola is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• 20th-century coinage of uncertain derivation. One theory is that it originated as a reversal in spelling of the word alone, but this may be no more than coincidental.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Magnolia

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• English: 20th-century coinage of uncertain derivation. One theory is that it originated as a reversal in spelling of the word alone , but this may be no more than coincidental.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Shirley Knightb. 1936USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1936-2020)
• Enola Borgb. 2005FRFrench handball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

61 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 39 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Enola mean, and where does it come from?

Modern name of uncertain origin; sometimes read as 'alone' spelled backward. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Enola?

In Finland, the national register counted about 52 people named Enola, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Philippines, Austria, United States and Panama; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Enola most common?

Enola is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 107 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Enola?

In Finland, the national register counted 52 people named Enola, about 1 in 107 thousand residents.