Peni
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Peni by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Peni.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 1958, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Peni
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Peni. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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