Is Penelope automatically going to be Penny?

Mrs.G123

My H says yes. My name has no nn so I don't have experience with nn that just naturally pop up (Jess for Jessica, Jen for Jennifer, etc.). WDYT? I know there are other nn options like Poppy. Can you suggest any other names with the same feel of Penelope? TIA!!!

mommytosam011011

I love Penelope! I think if a NN is available someone. somewhere is gonna try it.

TBH, I didn't even think of Penny as a NN. 

Meggiemuggins

Do you remember the show Punky Brewster?  I think her full name was Penelope.

awesnap

No. My DD is Penelope and when I introduce her as such, they say, oh do you call her Penny? And we do. But I have never ever had someone call her Penny without asking first. 

How about..

Isadora

June

 Clementine

Violet

Ruby 

nanabanana06

I liked the suggestion of Pepper as a nn for it once.

aascaha

I know of a Nellie, and sometimes shes just called Nell and her full name is actually Penelope

chibride4

I think that Penny is the most natural nn for Penelope, but my personal fave is Pippa (even though it's more commonly used for Philippa). You can certainly control nn usage when LO is young; however, it'll ultimately be up to her as she grows up.

MommaG123

I think Penny is probably the most common but not the only one.

Poppy, Nell, Nellie, maybe Pippa.

CMSAV

I think one of the nice things about the name Penelope is the amount of nn options. I love Poppy, and read on another post someone suggest "Penna", which I wouldn't have though of, but I think is cute. Also, I love a PP suggestion of Clementine.

erniebufflo

Yes. But if you prefer Poppy and go around calling her Poppy, then most people will follow suit. It's up to you if you correct them or what.

It always seems vaguely snotty to me when someone refuses a natural nickname. Like, "I'm naming my kid Benjamin, but don't you DARE call him Ben." 

Mrs.G123

chibride4:

I think that Penny is the most natural nn for Penelope, but my personal fave is Pippa (even though it's more commonly used for Philippa). You can certainly control nn usage when LO is young; however, it'll ultimately be up to her as she grows up.

I would love to use Pippa as the nn, but can't commit to it as a full name. But I LOVE it. 

Demedoll

Our daughter is Persephone (Pur sef ohnie) and we were going to name our next child Penelope but now that a Kardashian used the name we are trying to come up with a new one. In our culture kids are named for their grandparents which is what we did with Persephone but we REALLY dont want to have a name people associate with celebrities. We are hoping this baby is a boy and we are spared the need to find a better name.

Caliope is another option for us but in America we think people will not pronounce it right and she will have to explain it over and over. I had to do that growing up with my name and it gets annoying. Sophie is for wisdom so we have bounced that one around too.

As far as nns go, no one in our family calls our Penelopes Penny. We all go by our full names but that might be a cultural thing too, I dont know. If you teach your children to be proud of their full name and that is what you call them by, then they will correct people that try to give them NNs.

Good luck!

 

Mrs.G123

Also, I love Clementine but it's a no go with our last name:( boooooo.

Demedoll

erniebufflo:

It always seems vaguely snotty to me when someone refuses a natural nickname. Like, "I'm naming my kid Benjamin, but don't you DARE call him Ben." 

I think this depends on how people were raised. A lot of time and effort goes into picking a child's name and many people select names for the meaning of it ,or name their child after someone significant in the family. Chopping it up into nicknames just because people are too lazy to say the entire name seems disrespectful and rude to me. I would completely respect a parent's wishes to not nickname their child. If they wanted him to be called Ben in this example, they would have named him Ben.

It aggravated me growing up with people trying to call me Deme or D, especially without asking me. I don't think I am being even remotely snotty for wanting to be called by my real name.

 

chibride4

Demedoll:

erniebufflo:

It always seems vaguely snotty to me when someone refuses a natural nickname. Like, "I'm naming my kid Benjamin, but don't you DARE call him Ben." 

I think this depends on how people were raised. A lot of time and effort goes into picking a child's name and many people select names for the meaning of it ,or name their child after someone significant in the family. Chopping it up into nicknames just because people are too lazy to say the entire name seems disrespectful and rude to me. I would completely respect a parent's wishes to not nickname their child. If they wanted him to be called Ben in this example, they would have named him Ben.

It aggravated me growing up with people trying to call me Deme or D, especially without asking me. I don't think I am being even remotely snotty for wanting to be called by my real name.

I can understand this. My name doesn't have a real natural nn, but it annoys me when strangers or random aquaintances call me by an abbreviation. It's a term of affection reserved for only those close to me.

Jenny952

Actually I think of Nell or Nellie as a nn for Penelope, as that is where the emphasis is in the name... peNELope.  I bet Penelope will gain in popularity now that Kardashian named her baby that.

MelleTX

I know a Penny and her full name is Penelope. 

I also have a friend named Penn. I never knew this, but her given name is Penelope. I am not sure where the extra "n" in Penn came from, but even in school I never heard her referred to as Penelope.  

jlsimon56

I think if you call her Penelope...people will automatically call her Penny.  BUT if you have a nn already, then people will call her the nn (Poppy, Pippa, Nellie, Lola).  I am a Jennifer and prefer Jennifer and people call me Jen ALL THE TIME.  It's annoying, and I do feel rude asking people to call me Jennifer, but that's my name!

Motherearth82

Penelope is a great name...a friend gave me some funny but useful advice when I had my 1st...take each name u are contemplating and stick your head out the window and yell that name about 15 times(because this is what you'll be eventually doing! Lol) and I laughed...but I went home and did it (my neighbors probably thought I lost it) and by god, I eliminated half of the names I was pondering over! I decided some were just too long or weird sounding when I said them over and over..good luck!