Penn Forename

186,410th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,700 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Penn Forename Definition:

A Anglo-Saxon name, meaning: An enclosure. (Old French) An instrument for writing.

Penn Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
77%
 
1,2361:293,3159,232
Cameroon
100%
811:266,79610,396
China-791:17,291,84560,171
Papua New Guinea
 
90%
361:226,45319,035
Philippines
75%
 
351:3,028,84260,361
India
85%
 
301:40,495,932746,646
Cambodia
 
86%
291:561,14911,411
England
 
58%
231:2,417,51828,771
Canada
100%
221:1,506,06225,244
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Thailand
 
74%
171:4,121,51884,061
Pakistan
100%
121:16,196,47390,643
Nigeria
58%
 
111:16,142,215154,549
South Africa
 
67%
101:5,453,265111,420
Australia-91:1,517,51415,297
Singapore-71:898,15114,197
American Samoa
100%
61:9,3081,982
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Malaysia
75%
 
31:10,149,980208,386
Sweden
67%
 
31:3,285,96941,581
Indonesia-31:85,987,8891,072,651
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Mexico-21:62,072,21496,650
Macau-21:304,1041,640
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Italy
 
68%
11:61,062,09083,289
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921

Penn (42,448) may also be a surname.

Penn Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Anglo-Saxon name, meaning: An enclosure. (Old French) An instrument for writing.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Penn Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penne891,342/
Pennt8912/
Peenn8910/
Pennh892/
Penng891/
Pienn891/
Pfenn891/
Hpenn891/
Pennd891/
Ppenn891/
Puenn891/
Pen8622,425/
Pnn8668/
Pfenne801/
Pengne801/
Peng753,907,617/
Pien754,789/
Paen752,800/
Poen75610/
Pemn75245/
Pent75204/
Pinn75110/
Peen75109/
Puen7596/
Pend7576/
Peun7520/
Hpen756/
Pynn754/
Pehn753/
Phnn753/
Bpnn751/
Pnnn751/
Pfen751/
Penq751/
Pnne751/
Bpen751/
Pn671,862/
Bpien67213/
Pinne67151/
Bhpen6746/
Puunn6743/
Peeng6730/
Pendh6716/
Pynne678/
Pengh677/
Pemne675/
Pengg673/
Pinnt673/
Peend672/
Pinng672/
Ppien671/
Pengq671/
Pinnk671/
Pentt671/
Pengk671/
Hpesn671/
Bpinn671/
Pengc671/
Bpeng671/
Ppfen671/
Hpeng671/
Vpeen671/
Pesnd671/
Pfend671/

Penn Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Penn in the Russian language
Пеннpenn-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Penn