Name: Penelope
Gender: Female
Usage: Penelope, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Penelope are in general originating from France, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Penelope across the world, see Fenella.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Penelope is: Weaver, Dream weaver.
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Numerology of the first name Penelope: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Penelope is ranked on the 2,373rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 160900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Penelope has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Penelope for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Penelope is a feminine given name. It may also refer to:
English: name borne in Greek mythology by the wife of Odysseus who sat patiently awaiting his return for twenty years, meanwhile, as a supposed widow, fending off by persuasion and guile a pressing horde of suitors for her hand in marriage. Her name would seem to derive from Greek pēnelops duck, and play is made with this word in the Odyssey, but this may obscure a more complex origin, now no longer known.
Short form: Pen.
Pet form: Penny (commonly used as a given name in its own right).
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