Penny

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

I like Penny, but only as a nickname. Can anyone think of a name Penny could be a nickname for other than Penelope? I'm not coming up w/ anything.

Also, WDYT of Cordelia Joyce and Adele Coraline as a sibset? They're my top names right now and I'm wondering what people think of the names together. Joyce is after my aunt and the others are just names I like.

Thanks for the help! :)

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[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Persephone?

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I like the story and I do like the name, but I can't see myself actually using it. Thanks for the suggestion!

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

Ha You know, the more I say it the more I like it. LOL

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I think Persephone would be great, actually.

I like Cordelia Joyce and Adele Coraline as a sibset a lot. I prefer the name Coraline to Adele but I can see how Cordelia and Coraline wouldn't work as a sibset with those first names being so similar. Cordelia and Adele sound good together.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Kind of far off, but my name is Jennifer, and my nickname was always Jenny Penny.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Might seem way out there, but what about Esperanza, spanish for Hope.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of the show Good Times, in which Penny was really named Millicent: cent = penny.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

If you want to go a really hard-core Puritan route, Penny could be short for Penitence. I've also heard of the name Penella.

I think Cordelia is gorgeous. Joyce sounds like an aunt's name, which is appropriate enough. :) It's okay as a middle. Adele is not a favorite name of mine, but it's not awful, and it does fit well with Cordelia-- the same old-fashioned, slightly French flavor. I think Coraline is very pretty, too, but I guess it's too similar to Cordelia to use both as first names. Out of curiosity, do you plan to pronounce it Cor-a-leen or or Cor-a-lyne?

[http://users.livejournal.com/-ashizzler-/]

I knew a Penny whose real name was Penora.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

Millicent is actually what I was going to suggest too.

[dragonaries.livejournal.com]

Have a friend who uses Penny but real name is Pinnella.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

I don't see Penny being a nickname for Persephone...

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Cordelia is one of my favorite names (it's really growing in popularity but that's one of those names I won't give up, even if it's #1 by the time I have a little girl) but I don't know if I like it with Joyce. I really like Adele Coraline, though, and Adele and Cordelia are a pretty sibset.

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it Cor-a-lyne.

I like Penella, but I don't think it goes well with Cordelia (which is my absolute favorite name). :)

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

I just checked the SSA website and Cordelia is still not in the top 1000. Hopefully it stays that way!

[unmowngrass.livejournal.com]

My first thought was, can you have Pennilyn(n)? [Pennilin? Pennylin? *sounds like the cough medicine Benylin*, Pennylynn?], but, then I got to thinking about Penny Lane by the Beetles and then thought, ok, maybe not. Maybe Penny-Lynn works better anyway. If you like or avoid all Beetles references. I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't make names up.

Anyway, what's wrong with just Penny?

[neroli.livejournal.com]

Another stretch - Eponine?