Best nickname for Penelope?

[CheerfulYank]

Penny?
Poppy?
Nell/ie?

Annnnd go! :)

Pen is the nicest nickname.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Nella?

Loppy. Has to be.

Agree Mary > Polly is arbitrary madness.

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?

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

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 .

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 .

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

Nella?

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.

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

Or even Punk?

Or Pelly?

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

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.

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

Can't believe nobody has said Peppa!

friend's dd gets penfold most of the time