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First name origin & meaning:

Greek: Bobbin-weaver

First name variations: Lopa, Pela, Pelcia, Penelopa, Penina, Penine, Penna, Pennelope, Penni, Penny, Pinelopi, Piptisa, Popi, Penelope

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: variant of Penn.
  2. Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a clerk or penman, from Dutch pen ‘pen’.
  3. Cambodian: unexplained.