Penellope
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning weaver; variant spelling of Penelope.
Penellope by the numbers
Penellope was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Penelope
Like Penellope, each of these traces back to Penelope: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Penelope-Roseweaver and rose; a combination of Penelope and Rose10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Venelopeweaver; variant of Penelope8 in the US (2017)
- Pennivariant of Penny; from Penelope or penny coin5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Penellope. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pennelopeweaver; variant spelling of Penelope30 in the US (2017)
- Penelopiweaver; a form of Penelope17 in the US (2017)
- Penelopyweaver; a spelling variant of penelope9 in the US (2017)
- Penelopievariant of Penelope; weaver or duck5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Penellope, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Presleypriest's meadow1,667 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Penellope
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