Penelope (given name)
Penelope, derived from the name of Homer's character, is a female first name. It may refer to:
| Pronunciation | /pəˈnɛləpi/[1][2] pə-NEL-ə-pee |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek mythology |
| Meaning | Weaver |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Penny |
People
- Penelope, Lady Aitken (1910–2005), English socialite
- Penelope Aubin, English novelist
- Penelope Austin, Australian singer-songwriter
- Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire (1562–1607), English noblewoman
- 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
- 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 Mountbatten, Lady Ivar Mountbatten (born 1966), British philanthropist and businesswoman
- 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 characters
- Penelope, in Homer's Odyssey, the faithful wife of Odysseus
- Penelope (dryad), mother of the god Pan in Greek mythology
- Penelope "Punky" Brewster, main character in the television sitcom Punky Brewster
- 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 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)
- Penny Widmore, a recurring character on the television show Lost
- Penelope, from the anime Hamtaro
- Penelope (Sly Cooper), a major antagonist from the Sly Cooper video game series
- Penelope Alvarez, in the 2017 version of One Day at a Time (2017 TV series).
See also
- "Penelope". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
- "Penelope". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
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