Penrose
Below 5 births
Below 5 births
About Penrose
Penrose – an ancient place-name and surname derived from several villages in Cornwall, Wales, and the Welsh border country of England – would make for an even more unexpected alternative to quirky nature name Primrose. Intuitive nicknames Penny or Rosie make it feel more wearable.
Penrose for boys
Penrose – an ancient locational surname derived from several villages in Cornwall, Wales, and the Welsh border country of England – might work as a first name, although the "Rose" syllable might lead the uninitiated to assume it's a female name. As a middle name, however, it would make for a surprising and distinguished choice. A male Penrose could be called Pen/Penn, Ross or Roe for short.
Pronounced PEN-rohz.
As of October 2026, Penrose ranked #14877 in US births in 2022 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Similar names
These 40 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Penrose.
Similar girl names
Similar boy names
Penrose on lists
Famous Penroses
- Roger PenroseGirl
English mathematical physicist and philosopher of science
- Norwood Penrose "Pen" HallowellBoy
Union Army officer in the American Civil War
- Roger PenroseBoy
mathematician
Penrose in pop culture
- Penrose tilingGirl
pairs of shapes that tile the plane only aperiodically (when the markings are constrained to match at borders). These two tiles, illustrated above, are called the "kite" and "dart," respectively. In strict Penrose tiling, the tiles must be placed in such a way that the colored markings agree; in particular, the two tiles may not be combined into a rhombus.
- Llewellin PenroseBoy
character in "Mr. Penrose: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman" by William Williams
- Penrose the catBoy
a character created by Theoni Pappas; named after the mathematician