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Best nickname for Penelope?

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CheerfulYank · 06/10/2014 04:55

Penny?
Poppy?
Nell/ie?

Annnnd go! :)

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Szeli · 18/10/2014 05:58

friend's dd gets penfold most of the time

TheNewStatesman · 08/10/2014 21:13

Can't believe nobody has said Peppa!

concernedaboutheboy · 08/10/2014 20:14

'My' penelope is a Pip. Not Dd, a friend. Other friends have a penelope who is a Pene but pron. Penny.

MollyBdenum · 08/10/2014 20:13

I like Nell or Pippy. But the best nicknames tend to evolve. I thought that DD would be shortened to Tansy, but she's ended up as a Tass.

MeganChips · 08/10/2014 20:09

I love Penelope, nn Penny. It goes really well with your other two names.

TweeAintMee · 08/10/2014 20:06

Or Pelly?

TweeAintMee · 08/10/2014 20:06

Or even Punk?

TweeAintMee · 08/10/2014 20:05

How about Pink or Pinkie (as in the favourite colour of Lady P)?

Castlemilk · 07/10/2014 10:10

I know two who are both Nell.

Nell is certainly along with Penny an accepted short form for Penelope.

Prefer Nell to Penny, though Pen is good.

bluebelle2662 · 07/10/2014 10:02

Nella?

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CheerfulYank · 07/10/2014 08:32

In the Stephen King book the Girl who Loved Tom Gordon there's a Penelope called Pepsi... I forgot about that. :)

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Trumpton · 07/10/2014 08:07

I always thought it was pronounced Pennylope when I read it , I was quite surprised as a child when I met my first Pen-ell-oh-pee . Grin

Same as PercyPhone . Oh per-sef-o-knee !

Penny as a short name but would prob be called Penny Plain after the stamp so not such a nice nickname in our family .

Eggwhisk · 07/10/2014 07:54

I have just read a book where there was a character called Peppy, short for Penelope Grin

Surfsup1 · 07/10/2014 07:43

MassaAttack
Have a think through a few common nicknames and you'll soon realise that a huge proportion of nns are not just segments of the longer name…
James - Jim
Edward - Teddy - Ned
Christopher - Kit
Charlotte - Charlie
Katherine - Katie
Robert - Bob
Elizabeth - Libby
Amelie - Mimi

So I think you're being a little narrow in your judgement here?

ArsenicFaceCream · 06/10/2014 17:39

Loppy. Has to be.

Agree Mary > Polly is arbitrary madness.

Sophronia · 06/10/2014 14:43

Nella?

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CheerfulYank · 06/10/2014 14:42

Same with Nell. The name Nell is actually contained in Penelope but not Eleanor.

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CheerfulYank · 06/10/2014 14:41

I think if the name has the sounds in it, it can be used as a nickname. :) So Polly and Poppy make sense to me.

Penelope called Polly makes more sense than Mary called Polly, at least to me.

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PfftTheMagicDraco · 06/10/2014 14:09

Mine is Penny, Penn, or Pops/Popsy (from PennyPops) as and when. When DD was born, there were 99 others in that year - seems to be getting more popular.

squoosh · 06/10/2014 14:02

In the past couple of years I seem to have met lots of people who considered/are considering Penelope for their daughter.

I think it will be the new Florence.

babyblabber · 06/10/2014 13:53

eh is it popular? I've never met one or even heard of one! one of the reasons I like it!

squoosh · 06/10/2014 13:28

Pen is the nicest nickname.

Why is Penelope so popular at the moment?? It's a real head scratcher to me.

babyblabber · 06/10/2014 09:05

Penelope is top of our list for this bump.

I really don't see how it could be Poppy, that's a bit of a leap I think. Penny is the obvious one, although i'm the opposite of you, don't see the point in putting a name on the birth cert which you don't intend using so ours (if she's a girl) will always be Penelope to us. probably penny to her friends at some stage but I won't encourage it!

MsCoconut · 06/10/2014 08:54

Lollipop?

soundevenfruity · 06/10/2014 08:51

I know Penelope whose short name is Peeps.

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