Penn

caramia582 · April 2013

Came across this name in the PBK catalog, and have never really seen it discussed here. Thoughts?

crwel1048 · April 2013

Not a fan. I do not live in Pennsylvania, however I would still associate it with that.

musicnmoon123 · April 2013

Eh.

*Mrs*Rohrbaugh* · April 2013

NMS...makes me think of Sean Penn.

alphalyrae · April 2013

Joy2611:
Since I live in Pennsylvania and spent seven years attending/working at UPenn, I can't possibly separate this word fr

jessip919 · April 2013

It's ok. I like Sean, Finn or Ben better

LoniLBD · April 2013

I like unique names. It would need to go with the last name though.

alphalyrae · April 2013

Joy2611:
Do Penn Staters shorten the school's name to Penn? The University of Pennsylvania is UPenn or just Penn and onl

alphalyrae · April 2013

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BethPSU · April 2013

I am a Penn Stater and no we never referred to it as Penn. Penn was UPenn and Penn State is Penn State or PSU. I will say that a lot of outsiders confuse it though. I can't separate Penn from the University and wouldn't use the name.

caramia582 · April 2013

Interesting comments! I hadn't even made the Pennsylvania connection... for the record, I'm not really considering this myself, but was curious what the board's thoughts on it were.

pinottoparenthood · April 2013

I LOVE it, but it's definitely a name that some people are going to find unusual... you might get a hard time. I think it's a reallly cute name, though. It reminds me of Penn Badgley (actor).

CeCe8579 · April 2013

Not a fan!

magsugar13 · April 2013

I prefer pencil

Manderlin923 · April 2013

I like it.

cmw&tdm · April 2013

I love it, GP name for me.

MrsPBandJ · April 2013

I love it...but I went to UPenn and we also have a friend named Penn (an old family name of theirs), so I would feel weird using it myself.

abell77 · April 2013

I don't like it.

JessandJeremy · April 2013

I love it! We have friends who have a son with that name.

MrsJ723 · April 2013

Not a fan. I think of the tennis balls, Penn Station, or the Penn Quarter section of DC.

TheTraveler · April 2013

Nuh uh, not a fan.

psuxray07 · April 2013

I live in PA and went to Penn State, so that's what I think of. Although I would never use it, I think it's kind of cute.

queenbone · April 2013

I had a friend in HS who went by Penn, short for Pennsota. He is Vietnamese American so I always assumed it was a Vietnamese name. So to me it seems perfectly normal.