Penelope

[floatyflo]

Thoughts please :)

[Felix90]

I love it! It was on my shortlist but OH hated it

[HyvaPaiva]

LOVE!

I know a wonderful Penelope called 'Pen' and another nicknamed 'Pennelle'.

[MolotovCocktail]

I adore the name, particularly with the nn Nell or Nellie.

We wouldnt use it for either of our dds because it absolutely doesn't work with our surname

[RubyLovesShopping]

Lovely

[YoMamma]

Love it. Its on our shortlist for DD2.

[Bowlersarm]

Would you be ok with a shortened version?

[BunnyLebowski]

Actively dislike.

I just really don't like the sound of it. And don't like Penny.

[floatyflo]

Thanks for all your replies! :)

[Florrieboo]

Love it, know the cutest little Penny so I just adore it.

[mummybare]

Love it - it's top of my list if we have another DD. What are your thoughts on a middle name, OP?

[floatyflo]

Totally outing myself here but her middle name will be Breeze, after a good friend before anyone comments negatively

[mummybare]

I like it! It fulfils all my criteria:

1: named after someone special
2: short (don't think Penelope can take more than 2 syllables)
3: not starting with a vowel

[LCHammer]

It's 4 syllables.

It was DH's top choice for DD2. We went with another name eventually.

[KangKorandKoloth]

Sorry, hate it.

It's my name and I spent most of primary school getting the mick taken out of me (Penelope Pitstop, Lady penelope ect ect ect. Think of any cliched joke around penelope or Penny and I got it ad nauseam)

Through high school it used to and still does get mispronounced (penny-Lope, Pena-lop, penni-loppi, pennel-o anyone?) and people used to call me posh and snobby and were actually pretty horrible to me about it at times.

It also translates really badly over the phone and I frequently get mail addressed to Kelly, Jenny, April, Holly and Alison because people haven't heard me correctly. I now work with people who can't spell it which is a pain when they're sending emails and haven't bothered to double check the internal email directory.

God knows what my Dad was thinking, I have a lovely middle name (Kathryn) and wish he'd chosen that instead. I would encourage you to think again and to be fair, this is just my experience, could well be different for your daughter.

[nkf]

I love it.

[mummybare]

Was talking about the middle name, LC, being short to go with Penelope :)

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I like it

[tiamariaxxx]

Seems to be getting quite popular. not 1 i would use personally

[sleepdodger]

Total yes here

[squoosh]

Pen, Penny, Nell all nice.

Penelope is awful though.

[janey68]

Love it. Looks and sounds beautiful, and has the balance of being a classic name which hasn't become over popular

[Linguaphile]

Love it, though it's getting too popular for my taste. Also, there's the Kardashian association if that bothers you.

[floatyflo]

I did wonder about its popularity and its not in the top 100. And I def don't need to worry about the Kartrashian association as I doubt anybody I know even has much of a clue as to who they are, let alone what there kids are called :)

Thank you for everybodys repies. Seems it def not for some but overall the majority like.

Its down to Freya or Penelope now. Votes??

[BettyMacdonald]

Definitely Penelope. I love it and would have used it but unfortunately didn't really suit any of my 3 boys! It's a really versatile name and I think it suits any age. Really don't like Freya, sorry. I think it's a bit fussy although I do know a lovely girl called Freya. FWIW Breeze is a great middle name but I think too much like Febreeze if it's to go with Freya!

[moominleigh94]

really like it! and love the nn Penny