Given name
Pénélope
“weft, fabric”
Pénélope is a feminine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pénélope goes back to Latin Penelope, meaning “weft, fabric.”
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Where it comes from
Pénélope comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Penelope, from Ancient Greek Πηνελόπεια.
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Pénélope’s family of names
In French usage, Pénélope has a conventional equivalent in the English form Penelope.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
People named Pénélope
- Julie VlastoFrench tennis player (1903-1985)
- Pénélope Bagieuillustrator and French comics writerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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