Penelope

• I love this name and would have given it to a future daughter, but my best friend beat me to it. Her daughter goes by Penny and sometimes Penn. I like Nell and Poppy for nicknames as well.
• Another underused name with only one spelling.  And the name is from Greek mythology, which I loved reading as a teen.  
• Underused female name. It is so upbeat and interesting.

In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope is the wife of Odysseus, who fends off suitors as she waits for him to return from war. Her name may derive from the name of a type of duck, possibly combined with a suffix denoting a predatory animal (i.e, meaning "killer wigeon"). Alternately, her name may come from Greek pene "weft of a loom" with ops meaning "face." in modern times, Penny is a common diminutive form.
See Also: Penny

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