Penelope (given name)
Penelope, often used in reference to Homer's character, is a female first name of Greek origin. It is of uncertain meaning but may be derived from the Greek word penelops, which means duck or refers to another water fowl sacred to the Ancient Greeks. The name might also be derived from the Greek pene meaning web and either ops meaning eye or lepo, meaning unraveled, implying the meaning weaver.[3] [4] [5] The name was revived in the Anglosphere by the mid-16th Century and has since been in occasional use. [6]
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| Pronunciation | /pəˈnɛləpi/[1][2] pə-NEL-ə-pee |
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| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek mythology |
| Meaning | Weaver |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Nell, Nellie, Nelly, Pen, Penny, Pip, Pippa, Popi, Poppi, Poppy, Punky. |
Popularity
The name has increased in popularity in recent years. It is among the most popular names for girls in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States.[7] [8]
People
- Penelope, Lady Aitken (1910–2005), English socialite
- Penelope Aubin, English novelist
- Penelope Austin, Australian singer-songwriter
- Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire (1562–1607), English noblewoman
- Penelope Boston, American speleologist
- Penelope Carwardine, English painter
- Penelope Casas, American food writer
- Penelope Chetwode, English travel writer
- Penelope Coelen, South African beauty pageant contestant
- Penélope Cruz (born 1974), Spanish actress
- Penelope Delta (1874–1941), Greek author
- Penelope Dudley-Ward (1914–1982), English actress
- Penelope Fillon (born 1955), wife of French politician and former Prime Minister of France François Fillon
- Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
- Penelope Gilliatt (1932–1993), English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and film critic
- Penelope Jean Hayes, American self-help author
- Penelope Heyns (born 1974), South African swimmer and double gold medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games
- Penelope Houston (born 1958), American singer-songwriter
- Penelope Keith (born 1940), English actress famous for TV sitcoms
- Penelope Lively (born 1933), British fiction writer
- Penelope Ann Miller (born 1964), American actress
- Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), British journalist, biographer and novelist
- Penelope Mountbatten, Lady Ivar Mountbatten (born 1966), British philanthropist and businesswoman
- Penelope Spheeris (born 1945), American director, producer and screenwriter
- Penelope Stout (17th century), early white settler of Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Penelope Tree (born 1950), Anglo-American former fashion model prominent in swinging sixties London
- Penelope Wensley (born 1946), Governor of Queensland, Australia
- Penelope Wilton (born 1946), English actress
Fictional and mythological characters
- Penelope, the faithful wife of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey
- Penelope (dryad), mother of the god Pan in Greek mythology
- Penelope "Punky" Brewster, main character in the television sitcom Punky Brewster
- Penelope Clearwater, in the Harry Potter novels
- Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, a puppet character from the 1960s television program Thunderbirds
- Penelope Garcia, on the television drama Criminal Minds
- Penelope Lang, an antagonist in the cartoon show Atomic Betty
- Penelope Pitstop, a Hanna Barbera cartoon character
- Penelope Pussycat, from Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes
- Penelope Shafai, in the Gossip Girl TV series
- Penelope Taynt, on The Amanda Show
- Penelope Wilhern, in the 2006 film Penelope, portrayed by Christina Ricci
- Penny Widmore, a recurring character on the television show Lost
- Penelope, from the anime Hamtaro
- Penelope (Sly Cooper), a major antagonist from the Sly Cooper video game series
- Penelope Alvarez, in the 2017 television series One Day at a Time
- Penelope Park, from the tv series Legacies
- Penelope Featherington from the book and TV series Bridgerton
Notes
- "Penelope". Oxford Dictionaries UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. n.d. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
- "Penelope". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
- "Meaning, origin and history of the name Penelope".
- "Name of the Week".
- "17. Penelope and the Penelops".
- Redmonds, George, Christian Names in Local and Family History, Dundurn Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55002-507-4 p. 41
- "Meaning, origin and history of the name Penelope".
- "Popular Baby Names".
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