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I love it! I prefer Fionnuala, but to me Fenella is a much different feeling name, too. I don't think it will ever become popular. Nobody out there knows it even exists. I agree that the -ella end is trendy, but I don't think the Fen- part would attract people. It isn't frilly enough like your other examples. Also the name itself sounds really close to "vanilla," and I'm not sure people would like that. Fen is kind of a cute nn. It feels sort of quirky, which it much different from the sweet, demure sort of feel that Fenella has. I'd prefer Nell for a nn though.