Pennington
Meaning of Pennington
Pennington began life as a sturdy English place-name—penn, “hill” or “sheep fold,” married to tun, “homestead”—and one can almost see the original cottage clinging to a green slope, much like a rustic villa abbarbicata sopra una collina. Over the centuries the name packed its leather trunks, crossed oceans, and now slips quietly into modern American nurseries, appearing in the records only a handful of times each year—a rare penny glinting in a fountain of Emmas and Liams. Because its cadence is polished yet friendly, Pennington wears the unisex badge with effortless charm, offering diminutives that range from sprightly Penny to streamlined Penn. Literary stages (think actor Michael Pennington) and Regency novels have lent it the soft rustle of book pages and the aroma of well-loved libraries, while the embedded “penny” carries a wink of thrift and good fortune. For parents who crave a name that feels at once ancestral and adventurous, Pennington is, as the Italians might toast, un bell’amalgama—an elegant blend of rolling-hill heritage and contemporary sparkle.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as PEN-ing-tuhn (/ˈpɛn.ɪŋ.tən/)
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