Venelope
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning weaver; variant of Penelope.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Venelope by the numbers
Venelope was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Penelope
Like Venelope, 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.
- 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)
- Penelopievariant of Penelope; weaver or duck5 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 Venelope. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Venelope, 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)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 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)
Names about as common as Venelope
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