Penny

English, diminutive of Penelope, Greek

"weaver"

Penny Origin and Meaning

Variation of Penelope

Penny Rank in US Top 1000

# 747 in the US

Penny Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 581 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Penny

• 747 US 2024
• 581 Nameberry 2026
• 873 Future 2028
• 197 England 2024
• 144 scotland 2024
• 93 Ireland 2023
• 100 sweden 2018
• 11 Dogs 2023
• 43 Cats 2024

20 Names Similar to Penny

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Penny.

• Dolly
• May
• Minnie
• Polly
• Sally
• Georgie
• Bonnie
• Betty
• Maggie
• Nellie
• Kitty
• Billie
• Lou
• Betsy
• Jean
• Dottie
• Rosie
• Wendy
• Jo
• Lulu

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"
• Penny Lamb character in the play ‘Legoland’ and musical Ride the Cyclone