Penni
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning variant of Penny; from Penelope or penny coin.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Penni by the numbers
Penni was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 148 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Penelope
Like Penni, 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.
- 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)
- Penellopeweaver; variant spelling of Penelope16 in the US (2017)
- Penelope-Roseweaver and rose; a combination of Penelope and Rose10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Venelopeweaver; variant of Penelope8 in the US (2017)
- Penelopievariant of Penelope; weaver or duck5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Penni. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pennyweaver; from penelope201 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pennieweaver; a diminutive of penelope9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peninapearl21 in the US (2017)
- Peonypeony flower; named after physician Paeon16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Penneyenclosed meadow; a form of Penny8 in the US (2017)
- Perri35 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Penni
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