Given name & surname

Penia

Penia is used as a given name and a surname.

Original GreekΠένια

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

The story

In mythological stories, Penia is associated with the personification of poverty.

Penia’s family of names

Penia has a related form in Penea. Penia has a related form in Peneah. Penia has a related form in Peniah.

Walk Penia’s family in the name graph

PeniaΠένιαPeniahPeniyahPeneahPeniyaPenea

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Penia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Greek · Mythological

Pelopia

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Eunomia

Eunomia is a given name. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Pasithea

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Kynthia

No U.S. birth series

4% boys · 96% girls

Greek · Mythological

Echidna

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Thalia

“flourish, to be verdant”

56FamiliarRising

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Pandora

27RareEasing

>99% girls

Greek · Mythological

Laodamia

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Penia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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