Gender: Feminine
Origin: Finnish
(VEN-lah)

The name is a Finnish form of the Swedish female name, Vendela, which is a feminine form of Wendel, meaning, “Vandal”, the name of an ancient Slavo-Germanic tribe.

As of 2011, Venla was the 2nd most popular female name in Finland.

Other forms of the name include:

• Vendla (Finnish/Norwegian/Swedish)
• Ventla (Finnish)
• Ventta (Finnish)
• Venlá (Sami)
• Wendla (Swedish)