Fun Facts About the Name Fenn
- 63 babies named Fenn: U.S. records list 63 babies given the name Fenn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Fenn Mean?
Fenn is an English name meaning "marsh" or "bog," from the Old English word fenn, a fen. The word is Germanic and is related to Dutch veen and German Fenn, all of which name low, wet ground. Used as a surname, it was a topographic name for someone who lived by a fen, not a description of a personal quality.
The literal sense is the landscape term itself. When Fenn is used as a given name, it is taken from the surname, so the meaning stays the same: a person connected with marshy land. It is not a variant of the similar-sounding Finn, which has separate Gaelic and Irish origins.
Fenn Name History & Origins
Fenn started as a descriptive byname in medieval England. Old English fenn also appears in English place names, such as Fenton ("fen settlement"), and in the name of the Fens, the marshy region of eastern England around the Wash. People who lived in or near such wetlands were recorded with the surname Fenn, and the name is found in English records from the Middle Ages onward.
The surname spread through England and later to Wales, Ireland, and North America. A surname Fenn also exists in Ireland, where it may sometimes stand for a Gaelic name, but its connection to the English topographic name is not always clear. The English origin from fenn is the best documented.
Fenn has been used occasionally as a given name in the English-speaking world. Unlike the common English surname, the given name remains uncommon.
How Popular is the Name Fenn?
Fenn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #7,840 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,840 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #10,067 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #12,953 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #12,729 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #10,081 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,772 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #10,035 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,667 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,059 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #12,652 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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