Penny

PEHN-ee
English, diminutive of Penelope
"weaver"

Penny Origin and Meaning

The name Penny is a girl's name of English origin.

Like Peggy and Patsy, the kind of zesty moniker young Judy Garland would sport in her early let's-put-on-a-show flicks. It fell out of favor (and the Top 1000) for a while, but has recently rebounded by reentering the charts in 2013. Expect it to continue gaining traction on the heels of Penelope.

A Top 200 choice in England and Wales, Penny could be considered a word name, as in the copper coin used in England and the US, and as a musical choice, thanks to The Beatles song, Penny Lane.

# 676 in the US

Penny Rank in US Top 1000

# 688 on Nameberry

Penny Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Penny

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Famous People Named Penny

  • (Carole) Penny Marshall
    American actress
  • Penny Lancaster
    Stewart, English model
  • Penelope "Penny" Oleksiak
    Canadian swimmer
  • Penelope "Penny" Jordan
    English novelist
  • Penny Singleton (born Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty)
    American actress
  • Penny Sue Pritzker
    38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
  • Penny Woolcock
    English film director
  • Penny Priddy
    Canadian MP
  • Penny Johnson Jerald
    American actress
  • Penny Hammel
    American golfer
  • Penelope Ann "Penny" Fuller
    American actress
  • Penny Coomes
    English ice dancer
  • Penny Cook
    Australian actress

The name Penny in Pop Culture

  • Penny Robinson
    character on TV's "Lost In Space"
  • Penny Hofstadter
    a main character on TV's "The Big Bang Theory"
  • Penny Nichols
    character from the "Ace Attorney" video games
  • Penny FitzGerald
    character in TV series "The Amazing World of Gumaball"
  • Penny Proud
    a main character on "The Proud Family"
  • Penny Chase
    character on TV's "Quintuplets"
  • Penny Hartz
    character on ABC's "Happy Endings"
  • Penny Bishop
    character from the British TV series "My Family"
  • Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods
    character on TV's "Good Times"
  • Penny Polendina
    character in the web series "RWBY" by RoosterTeeth
  • Penny Washington
    from the movie "Heart and Souls"
  • Penny Aragon
    character in video game "The Sims 3 , Moonlight Bay"
  • Penny Pingleton
    a main character in musical "Hairspray"
  • Penny
    character in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series
  • Penny Halliwell
    character on TV's "Charmed"''
  • Penny Mosby
    daughter of Ted on "How I Met Your Mother"
  • Penny
    character on animated series "Mr. Peabody and Sherman"
  • Penny
    character in Disney's "The Rescuers"
  • Penny
    character from the video game "Stardew Valley"
  • "Penny Dreadful
    " sensational serial publication of the 19th century and now a TV series
  • "Penny Lane
    " song by "The Beatles"
  • Penny Lane
    main character from the movie "Almost Famous", named after the Beatles song
  • "Penny & Me
    " song by American pop,rock band Hanson
  • Penny Haywood
    a character in Hogwarts Mystery
  • Penny
    character on "Pee Wee's Playhouse" she has pennies for eyes
  • Penny Fleck
    character in the 2019 film "Joker"

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