Penelope

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Origin and Meaning of Penelope

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• A submission from Texas, United States says the name Penelope means "Beautiful person".
• A user from New York, United States says the name Penelope means "Gift of God".
• A submission from Ireland says the name Penelope means "Beautiful person" and is of Greek origin.
• A user from California, United States says the name Penelope means "Be you".
• According to a user from United Kingdom, the name Penelope is of Greek origin and means "Weaver".

Other origins: Polish

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Pe*nel"o*pe

A genus of curassows, including the guans.

Etymology: From. L. Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, Gr. Phnelo`ph

Other Dictionary Sources

1. A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
   Synonyms: genus penelope
2. (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them

Wiktionary

From Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη, possibly from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “duck”).

1. (Greek mythology) The faithful wife of Odysseus.
2. A female given name.
3. A town in Texas.

Penelope was also found in the following language(s): Translingual and Italian

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Common last names for Penelope

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• Brown
• Wilson
• Johnson
• Clark
• Jones
• Davis
• Young
• Scott

Fun Facts about the name Penelope

• How Popular is the name Penelope? Penelope is the 897^th most popular name of all time. In 2017 Penelope was the 24^th most popular name.
• How many people with the first name Penelope have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 59,152 babies born with the first name Penelope in the United States. That's more than enough people named Penelope to occupy the territory of Greenland (Denmark) with an estimated population of 56,749 (as of January 1, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Penelope? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
• When was Penelope first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Penelope is Friday, October 17th, 1873.
• What year had the most people named Penelope born? The highest recorded use of the first name Penelope was in 2017 with a total of 6,639 babies. That's a lot of babies named Penelope!
• Random Penelope Factoid: According to the 2014 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Penelope ranks 36^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Nevada. Imagine that, 51 babies in Nevada have the same name as you in 2014.
• Weird things about the name Penelope: Your name in reverse order is Epolenep. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Peloeenp. How do you pronounce that?

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