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Fenella has much more in common with Prunella than the other -ellas you mentioned. They're both odd, obscure and particularly English; one contains the name of an unpopular vegetable, and the other the name of an unpopular fruit. I really like both of them, but I can't see them appealing to the general public, even though Fen and Pru are both appealing nns. It just seems that -nella isn't liked much. No idea why, as it's by far my favourite of those types of endings.