Would you use Penn?

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For a boy? What do you think of it?

My first thought was Sean Penn, my second was Penny.

It sounds like a very American kind of name.

I don't think a name being one letter different from penis in another language is deal breaker. Pippa means blowjob in several European languages and it's a common name here - and that's without needing to change a letter.

Well, Laura means penis in Hindi and millions of people speak that language yet people still use the name. I thought of Penn Badgley too so I think it’s a pretty cool name.

@Cakepop9 that's not really valid if you're living in a generally British area where you'll never meet anyone who'd know that. Me for example has never heard of that. Extending Penn to penis however, is a lot more likely in school!

Yes if you have a connection to Pennsylvania. How does it sound with your surname?

Made me think Badgley. Not that out there I don’t think. If a Penny is useable for a girl then why not Penn?

I really don’t like it as a name. My first thought was of penn state and so would assume you had some sort of over involved history with that particular university… which if you’re English, or just not American I suppose, would be weird 🤷🏼‍♀️

My first thought is Penn Badgley - nice guy but seems to play psychotic characters so that might put me off.

But surely full name on bc?
Pencil Surname...

Pendejo?

MY first thoughts are American - Quaker - Penn Station. But if those don't put you off it's not a bad name, I've definitely heard worse.

Was on my list. I love it.

Wasn't it the name of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's son?
I don't hate it (and I really can't imagine it being hugely teaseworthy because it starts with the same 3 letters as penis, along with Penny, Penelope, pen, pencil and all manner of other words which don't get associated with that) but it just doesn't seem that nice to me. It's a bit of a nothing name...

I know a schoolboy Penn - he’s 16 and hasn’t been teased about his name. I wasn’t sure about the name at first, but he’s a lovely lad and it has grown on me over the years.

I think it's usable - makes me think of William Penn and the Pennington books by KM Peyton. That character was Patrick Pennington but known as Penn.

My first thought about Penn is Wolverhampton. If you have any more, you could call them Bilston and Wednesfield.

Not if you live in the Midlands. Penn is an area in Wolverhampton

It is a very naice village in Bucks - Mary Berry used to live there.