Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Πηνελόπη
“a particolored duck”
Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē) is a feminine given name. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Pēnelópē.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Πηνελόπη goes back to a word meaning “a particolored duck.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Πηνελόπη’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Πηνελόπη can be written in the Roman alphabet as Pēnelópē. In Ancient Greek usage, Πηνελόπη has a related form in Πηνελόπεια.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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