Fun Facts About the Name Fenwick
- 56 babies named Fenwick: U.S. records list 56 babies given the name Fenwick from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Fenwick Mean?
Fenwick is an English name meaning "dairy farm in the fen" or, more broadly, "farm in the marsh." It is a place name formed from Old English fenn, "fen, marsh," and wīc, "dwelling, farm, or settlement," which was borrowed from Latin vicus. The literal sense is a farm or small settlement on wet, marshy ground. Place-name glosses sometimes give wīc as "dairy farm," a narrower sense that is traditional for many English names ending in -wick.
Fenwick Name History & Origins
Fenwick originated as a place name in northern England. The Old English elements fenn and wīc formed the name of a farm or settlement in marshy country; Fenwick in Northumberland and Fenwick in South Yorkshire are two English places that carry it. From these places came the surname Fenwick, which is associated with northern England and especially with Northumberland.
As a first name, Fenwick is a transferred use of that surname. It is not a traditional Old English personal name and did not develop from a saint's name or a literary character; the given name comes from the family name rather than directly from the medieval place name.
How Popular is the Name Fenwick?
Fenwick 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 1923. Its best rank was #2,982 in 1913.
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 | #12,630 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #10,082 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #11,202 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #4,613 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1926 | #4,431 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #4,439 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #4,584 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #3,593 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #4,566 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1913 | #2,982 | 5 | 0.0010% |
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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