Penny

A female given name, form of Penelope.

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Penny is the given name of:
Penny Cook (born 1957), Australian actress
Penny Coomes (born 1989), English ice dancer
Penny Fuller (born 1940), American actress
Penny Hammel (born 1962), American golfer
Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress
Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model and photographer, wife of rock singer Rod Stewart
Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler
Penny Marshall (born 1943), American actress/director
Penny McCoy (born 1949), American former alpine skier
Penny Priddy (born 1944), Canadian politician
Penny Pritzker (born 1959), American business executive, entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist
Penny Pulz (born 1953), Australian golfer
Penny Tai (born 1978), Malaysian-Chinese singer
Penny Wolin (born 1953), American portrait photographer and visual anthropologist
Penny Woolcock (born 1950), British filmmaker, opera director and screenwriter

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Old English pening, penig, Northumbrian penning "penny," from Proto-Germanic *panninggaz (source also of Old Norse penningr, Swedish pänning, Danish penge, Old Frisian panning, Old Saxon pending, Middle Dutch pennic, Dutch penning, Old High German pfenning, German Pfennig, not recorded in Gothic, where skatts is used instead), of unknown origin. Offa's reformed coinage on light, broad flans is likely to have begun c.760-5 in London, with an awareness of developments in Francia and East Anglia. ... The broad flan penny established by Offa remained the principal denomination, with only minor changes, until the fourteenth century. [Anna Gannon, "The Iconography of Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage," Oxford, 2003] The English coin was originally set at one-twelfth of a shilling and was of silver, later copper, then bronze. There are two plural forms: pennies of individual coins, pence collectively. In translations it rendered various foreign coins of small denomination, especially Latin denarius, whence comes its abbreviation d. As American English colloquial for cent, it is recorded from 1889. Penny-a-liner "writer for a journal or newspaper" is attested from 1834. Penny dreadful "cheap and gory fiction" dates from c. 1870. Phrase penny-wise and pound-foolish is recorded from c. 1600. Penny-pincher "miserly person" is recorded from 1906 (as an adjective penny-pinching is recorded from 1858, American English). Penny loafers attested from 1960.

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Pet form of Penelope: weaver. One-cent coin.

Penelope, Nel, Nemo

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Penny Hardaway	1971	Basketball player
2	Penny Pax	1990	American pornographic actress and model
3	Penny Lancaster	1971	British model and photographer
4	Penny Oleksiak	2000	Canadian swimmer
5	Penny Chenery	1922	American racehorse owner and breeder
6	Sydney Penny	1971	American actress
7	Henny Penny		Chicken little
8	Penny Pritzker	1959	38th United States Secretary of Commerce
9	Joe Penny	1956	Actor
10	Penny Johnson Jerald	1961	Actress
11	Louise Penny	1958	Canadian woman writer
12	Laurie Penny	1986	English journalist
13	Penny Smith	1956	English television presenter and newsreader
14	Penny Taylor	1981	Basketball player
15	Brendan Penny	2000	Actor
16	Penny Wong	1968	Australian politician
17	Penny Mordaunt	1973	British politician
18	Penny McNamee	1983	Australian actress
19	Penny Singleton	1908	American actress
20	Penny Irving	1955	British actress and model
21	Brad Penny	1978	Major League Baseball free agent pitcher
22	Penny Rimbaud	1943	Writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist
23	Penny Widmore		Character of the American TV show Lost
24	Penny Arcade	1950	Performance artist, playwright, actress
25	Penny Ford	1964	American musician
26	Penny Morrell	1938	British actress
27	Penny Peyser	1951	American actress
28	Penny Fuller	1940	American actress
29	Penny Downie	1954	Australian actress
30	Penny Bae Bridges	1990	American actress
31	Tom Penny	1977	British skateboarder
32	Penny Spencer	1948	British actress
33	Penny Drake	1977	American actress
34	Penny Crone		American journalist
35	Penny Tai	1978	Malaysian singer
36	Penny Halliwell	1930
37	Penny Porsche	1961	American pornographic actress
38	Penny Cook	1957	Australian actress
39	Penny Baker	1965	American actress
40	Penny Boudreau
41	Tim Penny	1951	American politician
42	Penny Jordan	1946	British women's author
43	Penny Junor	1949	English journalist and author
44	Penny McLean	1946	Austrian singer and writer
45	Penny Banner	1934	American wrestler
46	Penny Mallory	1966	British racing car driver and television presenter
47	Diego Penny	1984	Peruvian footballer
48	Penny Balfour		Actress
49	Hank Penny	1918	American musician
50	Penny Flanagan	1970	Australian singer and writer
51	Penny Coomes	1989	English ice dancer
52	Penny Nichols	1947	American musician
53	Penny Plunderer
54	Penny Woolcock	1950	British film maker
55	Penny Toler	1966	American basketball player
56	Penny Daniels	1954	American journalist
57	Penny Brahms
58	Penny Harrington	1942	American police officer
59	Nicholas Penny	1949	British art historian
60	Penny Marshall		British journalist
61	Penny Lord	1927
62	James Penny		British slave trader
63	Penny Dwyer	1953	British actress
64	Penny Low	1967	Singaporean politician and businessperson
65	Kevin Penny	1987	British rugby league player
66	Penny Hughes
67	Penny Ramsey	1947	Australian actress
68	Penny Rose		Costume designer
69	Penny Ballem		Canadian politician
70	Penny Valentine	1943	British music journalist
71	Penny Wright	1961	Australian Senator
72	Penny Siopis	1953	South-African artist
73	Penny Dreadful XIII		American actress
74	Penny DeHaven	1948	Country music/gospel singer, actress
75	Penny Pitou	1938	Alpine skier
76	Penny Ann Early	1944	American basketball player
77	Penny Sharpe	1970	Australian politician
78	Penny Sackett	1956	Australian astronomer
79	Evan Penny	1953	Canadian artist
80	Penny Streeter	1967	British businessman
81	Penny Lernoux	1940	American writer and journalist
82	Penny Priddy	1944	Canadian politician
83	Steve Penny	1964
84	Greg Penny	1955	American record producer
85	Penny Whetton	1958	Climatology Professor
86	Laura Penny	1975	Canadian journalist
87	Penny Parker	1963	Character from MacGyver
88	Penny Sartori		Near-death experience researcher
89	Penny Wolin	1953	American photographer
90	Penny Layden	1969	British actress
91	Penny J. White	1956	American judge and legal scholar
92	Penny Slinger	1947	Artist, illustrator, tantrika, and author
93	Penny Hulse		Politician
94	Simon Penny	1955	Australian artist
95	Penny Tranter	1961	British weather forecaster
96	Penny Meredith		British actress
97	Gareth Penny	1962	South African businessman
98	Benjamin Penny	1959	Academic
99	Penny Lee Dean		American long distance swimmer
100	Penny Edwards	1928
101	Rob Penny	1941	American playwright, poet, activist, professor
102	Penny Severns	1952	Illinois politician
103	Penny Barker	1985	Canadian curler
104	Penny Jamieson	1942	Bishop of Dunedin
105	Penny Colman	1944	American non-fiction writer
106	Penny Hammel	1962	Professional golfer
107	Conrad Penny	1951	South African businessman
108	Penny Brown	1941	American actress
109	Penny Sparke	1948	Writer, academic
110	Luke Penny	1981	Australian rules footballer
111	Penny Elvira Loftéen	1993	Swedish actress
112	Penny McCoy	1949	World Cup alpine skier
113	Edward Penny	1714	British painter
114	Penny Bernard Schaber	1953	American politician
115	Lee Penny	1974	English rugby league player
116	Anne Penny	1729	English poet (baptised 1729, died 1780/1784), poet
117	Penny	1981	Hip hop artist and rapper in the United States
118	Penny Macmillan		British journalist
119	Penny Vincenzi	1939	British writer
120	Andrew Penny	1952	British conductor
121	Penny Barg	1964	American tennis player
122	Penny Neer	1960	American sportswoman
123	William Penny	1809	British explorer
124	Penny Chapman		Australian television producer
125	Penny Webster		New Zealand politician
126	Penny Collenette	1950	Canadian politician
127	Penny Power	1964	British businessman
128	Penny James	1942	American artist
129	Penny Bacchiochi		American politician
130	Penny Martin	1972	British journalist
131	Penny Vilagos	1963	Synchronized swimmer
132	Penny Framstad	1960
133	Myvanwy Ella Penny	1984
134	Penny Haxell		Canadian mathematician
135	Penny Moore	1969	Former American professional basketball player
136	Penny Lane		Director and filmmaker
137	Penny Dale	1954	British children's illustrator and writer
138	Penny Driver	1952	Anglican Archdeacon
139	Penny Petrone	1925	Canadian writer
140	Penny Drue Baird
141	Arthur Penny	1907	English long-distance runner
142	Thomas Penny	1532	British entomologist
143	Penny Budoff
144	Penny Pence	1929	American swimmer, Olympic athlete
145	Barbara Penny	1929	British musician
146	Christopher Penny	1962	American former Olympic rower
147	Penny Jay	1925	American singer-songwriter
148	Penny Werthner	1951	Canadian middle- and long-distance runner
149	Penny Warner	1947	American writer
150	Penny Cula-Reid
151	Penny Pulz	1953	Professional golfer
152	Chris Penny	1973	English footballer
153	Penny Thompson	1917
154	Penny De Los Santos
155	Penny Broadhurst	1980	British singer
156	Dick Penny		British arts administrator
157	Veronica Penny		Canadian spelling bee competitor
158	Penny Lang	1942
159	Glynis Penny	1951	British athlete
160	Penny Mickelbury	1948	American journalist
161	Penny Meagher	1935	Australian artist
162	Penny Park
163	Penny Rowson	1992	Cyclist
164	Erik Penny	2000	American singer-songwriter
165	Kirsten Penny		British ten-pin bowler
166	Penny Busetto		South African writer
167	Penny Greely	1971	Paralympian
168	Penny O'Brian	1919	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
169	Penny Thomson	1950	British television director
170	Penny Pullen	1947	American politician and activist
171	Penny LaRocque		Curler
172	Penny Clark	1975	Olympic sailor
173	Joel Penny		Australian rugby league player
174	Malcolm Penny		British scientist
175	Penny Hubbard	1953
176	Penny Hill		American musician
177	Penny Cooper	1969	Olympic field hockey player
178	Elijhaa Penny
179	Penny Cousineau-Levine	1947
180	Penny Templeton		American actress
181	Penny Riffkin		Australian agriculturalist
182	Penny Bethke	1950	Canadian community leader
183	Penny Chuter	1942	British rower, rowing coach and rowing official
184	Penny Kinsella	1963	Cricketer
185	Penny Simmons	1938	Olympic sailor
186	John Penny	1870
187	Penny Dann	1964	British children's book illustrator
188	Frederick David Linley Penny	1896	British organist
189	Penny Davies and Roger Ilott
190	Joshua Penny	1856	English county cricketer
191	Kaisa Penny
192	Edward Goff Penny	1858	Canadian politician
193	Virginia Penny
194	Samuel Penny	1808	American clergyman
195	Penny Johnson	1955	American tennis player
196	Ern Penny	1912
197	Penny Reedie		Canadian diplomat
198	Penny Hodge	1920	Canadian office worker and activist
199	Penny Green		Australian criminologist
200	Penny le Noble		Dutch softball player