Penelope

A female given name: from a Greek word meaning “weaver.”.

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Penelope, derived from the name of Homer's character, is a female first name. It may refer to:
People:
Penelope, Lady Aitken (1910-2005), English socialite
Penelope Aubin, English novelist
Penelope Austin, Australian singer-songwriter
Penelope Boston, American speleologist
Penelope Carwardine, English painter
Penelope Casas, American food writer
Penelope Chetwode, English travel writer
Penelope Coelen, South African beauty pageant contestant
Penélope Cruz (born 1974), Spanish actress
Penelope Delta (1874–1941), Greek author
Penelope Dudley-Ward (1914-1982), English actress and mistress of the future King Edward VIII
Penelope Fillon (born 1955), wife of French politician and former Prime Minister of France François Fillon
Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
Penelope Gilliatt (1932–1993), English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and film critic
Penelope Heyns (born 1974), South African swimmer and double gold medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games
Penelope Houston (born 1958), American singer-songwriter
Penelope Keith (born 1940), English actress famous for TV sitcoms
Penelope Lively (born 1933), British fiction writer
Penelope Ann Miller (born 1964), American actress
Penelope Mortimer (1918-1999), British journalist, biographer and novelist
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich (1562–1607), English noblewoman
Penelope Spheeris (born 1945), American director, producer and screenwriter
Penelope Stout (17th century), early white settler of Monmouth County, New Jersey
Penelope Tree (born 1950), Anglo-American former fashion model prominent in swinging sixties London
Penelope Wensley (born 1946), Governor of Queensland, Australia
Penelope Wilton (born 1946), English actress
Fictional or mythological characters:
Penelope In Homer's Odyssey, the faithful wife of Odysseus
Penelope (dryad), mother of the god Pan in Greek mythology
Penelope Clearwater, in the Harry Potter novels
Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, a puppet character from the 1960s television program Thunderbirds
Penelope Garcia, on the television drama Criminal Minds
Penelope Lang, an antagonist in the cartoon show Atomic Betty
Penelope Pitstop, a Hanna Barbera cartoon character
Penelope Pussycat, from Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes
Penelope Lannier, a character portrayed by Jane Birkin in La Piscine
Penelope Shafai, in the Gossip Girl TV series
Penelope Taynt, on The Amanda Show
Penelope Wilhern, a character portrayed by Christina Ricci in Penelope (2006 film)
Penelope "Penny" Widmore, a recurring character on the television show Lost
Penelope, a character portrayed by Saturday Night Live cast member Kristen Wiig
Penelope, from the anime Hamtaro
Penelope, a dragon in the animated movie Barbie as Rapunzel
Penelope (Sly Cooper), from the video games Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves and Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time
Penelope, a character portrayed by Dakota Johnson in A Bigger Splash

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Fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Penelopeia, probably related to pene "thread on the bobbin," from penos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin.

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From Greek Penelope, bornee in Greek mythology by Odysseus' wife: weaver. Combine of pene (threads, weft) and ops (face, eye).

Nel, Penny, Nemo

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Penelope Ann Miller	1964	American actress
2	Penelope Wilton	1946	English actress
3	Penelope Keith	1940	Actress; High Sheriff of Surrey; Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey
4	Penelope Garcia
5	Penelope Mitchell	1991	Australian actress
6	Penelope Spheeris	1945	Filmmaker
7	Penelope Pitstop
8	Penelope Tree	1949	British model, philanthropist, and muse
9	Penelope Milford	1948	American actress
10	Penelope Fitzgerald	1916	British writer
11	Penelope Lively	1933	British novelist
12	Penelope Dudley-Ward	1914	English actress
13	Penelope Trunk	1966	American writer
14	Penelope Mortimer	1918	British journalist, biographer and novelist
15	Penelope Rich, Lady Rich	1563	English countess
16	Penelope Fillon	1956	British lawyer
17	Penelope Gilliatt	1932	British writer
18	Penelope Lyttelton, Viscountess Cobham	1954	British businesswoman
19	Penelope Leach	1937	Psychologist
20	Penelope Heyns	1974	Swimmer
21	Cinta Penelope	1984
22	Penelope Sudrow	1966	American actress
23	Penelope Stout		Early white settler of Monmouth County, New Jersey
24	Penelope Delta	1874	Greek children's writer
25	Penelope Coelen	1940	South African beauty pageant contestant
26	Penelope Skinner		British playwright
27	Penelope Hobhouse	1929	Garden writer, designer, lecturer and television presenter
28	Penelope Windust	1945	American actress
29	Penelope Wensley	1946	Australian diplomat; Governor of Queensland
30	Penelope Plummer	1948	Australian model
31	Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman	1910
32	Penelope Barker	1728	American revolution activist
33	Penelope Farmer	1939	British children's writer
34	Penelope Eckert		Sociolinguist
35	Penelope Maddy	1950	American mathematician
36	Penelope Rosemont	1942	American artist
37	Penelope Kenny		American murderer
38	Penelope Boston		American speleologist
39	Penelope Umbrico	1957	American photographer
40	Penelope Houston	1927	British film critic
41	Penelope Seidler	1938	Australian architect
42	Penelope Moody Allen	1939	American poet and hymnwriter.
43	Julia Penelope	1941	American author and activist
44	Penelope Austin		Australian singer-songwriter
45	Penelope W. Kyle		American lawyer
46	Penelope Andrews		American jurist
47	Penelope Curtis
48	Penelope Aubin	1679	English novelist and translator
49	Penelope Casas	1943	American food writer
50	Penelope Corrin	1975	Canadian comedian
51	Penelope Fletcher	1988	Author
52	Penelope Allen		American actor
53	Penelope Gross	1943	American politician
54	Penelope Stone	1955	American handball player
55	Penelope Horner	1942	British actress
56	Penelope Shuttle	1947	British poet
57	Penelope Thwaites	1944	Pianist and composer
58	Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
59	Penelope Nice		British actress
60	Penelope Mackie		British philosopher
61	Penelope Deutscher		American philosopher
62	Penelope Wilson		British egyptologist
63	Penelope Wallace	1923	English crime writer (1923–1997)
64	Penelope Brown
65	Penelope Blackmore	1984	Australian rhythmic gymnast
66	Penelope Swales		Australian singer
67	Penelope Jencks	1936	American sculptor
68	Penelope Lagos	1980	American actress
69	Penelope Diane Olsen	1949	Australian ornithologist and author
70	Penelope Marshall	1989	Swimmer
71	Penelope Spencer	1901	English dancer, choreographer
72	Penelope Rowlands		Anglo-American author and journalist
73	Penelope Jessel	1920	British politician
74	Penelope Stewart		Canadian artist
75	Penelope Peterson		American psychologist
76	Penelope Riboldi	1986	Italian footballer
77	Penelope Jeggo		British biologist
78	Penelope Schott		American writer
79	Penelope Cleyn		German miniature painter
80	Penelope Carwardine	1730	English miniature painter
81	Penelope A. Mountjoy	2000
82	Penelope Thorn	1957	British singer, opera singer and music educator
83	Penelope Scheidler	1996
84	Penelope Hunter-Stiebel		Art curator and historian
85	Penelope Evans	1959	British crime writer
86	Penelope Murray