Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Prunella

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
color of plum
Greek
Plum

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Prunella

Pronunciation

p-ru-nella, prun(el)-la

Famous People

British actress Prunella Scales

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #3899, 5 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5666, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #3707, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence