Venla

From German Wendela, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the tribal name Wendel- (“a Wend”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenlɑ/,
• Rhymes: -enlɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Ven‧la

Venla

1. a female given name
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 2 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     JUHANI. Minä annan palttua taivaan mannalle, koska en saanut Männistön muorin Venlaa.

     JUHANI: What do I care for the manna of heaven if I can't have Granny Pine's Venla?

• Rare until it became known as the name of a character in the first Finnish novel, Seven Brothers (1870) by Aleksis Kivi. Popular in the 2000s.

• Venla is the 82^nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,349 female individuals (and as a middle name to 936 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Swedish: Vendela, Wendelin
• English: Wendell, Wanda

• alven, velan