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Penelope

Gender: Girl Meaning: Weaver Origin: Greek Pronunciation: Pen El Lo Pee Related Names: No related names

Penelope: Popularity

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200th+ most popular girls name in the UK

Unrecorded number of
births in 2008

User rating:  Star: on Star: on Star: on Star: off Star: off ( 3.46 from 37 votes )


Additional information about the name Penelope:

This female name comes from the Greek mythology of Penelope who was the wife of Odysseus. In this love story Penelope waited for twenty years for her husband to return home. She refused to remarry and now in literature her name has come to be associated with faithfulness.

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