Given name

Wanema

Wanema is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Wanema isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Wanema through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1937
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19370.0
Wanema in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1937–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Wanema, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Winola

“gracious and charming friend”

11Very rare

>99% girls

English

Wallis

“from Wales”

14Very rareRising

>99% girls

Virtue

Annetta

“grace, gracious”

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

 

Aletta

“small and winged”

23RareRising

>99% girls

 

Annella

Annella is a feminine given name.

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Noema

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Walcie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Wanema’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Wanema

A sister for Wanema