Vendela

Girls' name

Feminine form of Wendel

Vendela has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 1993. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Vendela, 2011

1 in 732,000

Vendela over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vendela: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Wendel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vendela means

Vendela is a feminine form of Wendel.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Vendela is used in Swedish.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Vendela → Wendel. The family’s meaning is “a Vandal”, recorded in the naming reference for Wendel.

Origin, language, and formation

Vendela comes through German Wendela.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Wendel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 girls were recorded with the name Vendela between 1993 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1993; its best national rank was #9,515 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Vendela?

Vendela had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,099 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vendela sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vendela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vendelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vendela was born before 1997 — so the typical Vendela is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 60.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 64; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 60.9% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Vendela rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (9)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 12.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,515; 1993

Spellings of Vendela

Vendela is not the most common spelling — Verdell is, with 33.5% against Vendela's 1.0%.

Verdell33.5%2,085
Kendell31.5%1,957
Kendel12.9%801
Veneta12.0%748
Wendell9.1%567
Vendela1.0%64

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Vendela by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,515; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 9 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 64
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vendela

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Vennela Ventura Vennesa Azriela Adriela Venesha Venesia Auriela Venitta Yariela Venezia Venissa Aricela Canela Veniece Venette Nayela Venelope Venisa Arabela Amiela Zarela Venola Venicia

Sibling names for Vendela

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Shaquille Tre Tylor Eloy Raheem Denton

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