Pennie

Pennie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “weaver”
Origin: Greek
Say it: PEN-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually a pet form or variant spelling of Penny, itself a diminutive of Penelope. Penelope is traditionally derived from Greek and commonly explained as meaning 'weaver.'

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How popular is Pennie?

20243.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Pennie in 202410

Peak year1963

Total US babies since 18805,798

Pennie is steady now but far below its 1963 peak.

Names like Pennie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Pennyweaver · English
Sophiawisdom · Greek
Sofiawisdom · Greek
Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
Zoelife · Greek
Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
Elenabright, shining light · Greek
Genesisorigin; creation; birth · Greek

Pennie questions

What does the name Pennie mean?

Pennie means "weaver". It comes from Greek. Usually a pet form or variant spelling of Penny, itself a diminutive of Penelope. Penelope is traditionally derived from Greek and commonly explained as meaning 'weaver.'

Is Pennie a boy or girl name?

Pennie is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Pennie?

10 US babies were named Pennie in 2024. Its peak year was 1963.

How do you pronounce Pennie?

Pennie is usually pronounced PEN-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.