Penny is a feminine given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Penelope.
Given name
- Penny Colman (born 1944), American author
- Penny Cook (1957âÂÂ2018), Australian actress, writer and presenter
- Penny Coomes (born 1989), English ice dancer
- Penny Fuller (born 1940), American actress
- Penny Gordon-Larsen, American professor of nutrition
- Penny Grice-Whittaker (born 1964), British golfer
- Penny Rafferty Hamilton (born 1948), American pilot
- Penny Hammel (born 1962), American golfer
- Penny Hart (born 1996), American football player
- Penny Healey (born 2005), British archer
- Penny Heaton, American physician
- Penny Herscher, American executive
- Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress
- Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model and photographer, wife of Rod Stewart
- Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler
- Penny Marshall (1943âÂÂ2018), American actress and director, best known for playing a character in Laverne & Shirley
- Penny McCoy (born 1949), American alpine skier
- Penny Priddy (born 1944), Canadian politician
- Penny Pritzker (born 1959), American businesswoman, civic leader and philanthropist
- Penny Pulz (born 1953), Australian golfer
- Penny Tai (born 1978), Malaysian-Chinese singer
- Penny Vincenzi (1939-2018), British novelist
- Penny Wolin (born 1953), American portrait photographer and visual anthropologist
- Penny Woolcock (born 1950), British filmmaker, opera director and screenwriter
Nickname
Short for Penelope
- Penelope Heyns (born 1974), South African retired swimmer
- Penny Jamieson (born 1942), Bishop of Dunedin in the Anglican Church of New Zealand (1989-2004)
- Penny Jordan (1946âÂÂ2011), English best-selling and prolific writer
- Penny Mordaunt (born 1973), British Member of Parliament
- Penny Pitou (born 1938), American retired alpine skier
- Penny Singleton (1908âÂÂ2003), American film actress
- Penny Smith (born 1958), English television presenter and newsreader
- Penny Taylor (born 1981), Australian basketball player
- Penny Tranter (born 1961), Scottish meteorologist
- Penny Valentine (1943âÂÂ2003), British music journalist
- Penny Wong (born 1968), Australian Labor Party senator
- Penny Wright (born 1961), Australian Greens senator
Other
Fictional characters
- The title character of Penny (comic strip)
- The titular character of British cartoon Penny Crayon
- Penny, a main character in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory
- Penny, in the 1977 animated film The Rescuers
- Penny, in the 2008 animated film Bolt
- Penny, in the 2006 animated film Over the Hedge
- Penny, in the 2008 miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
- Penny, the niece of the titular character in the 1980s animated series Inspector Gadget
- Penny, from the Papa Louie video games
- Penny, in the animated television series The Mighty B!
- Penny, a character in the mobile video game, Brawl Stars and Squad Busters
- Penny, in the children's television series Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Penny, the female counterpart of Tux the Penguin in Linux computer games
- Penny, in the video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
- Penny Carson, in the animated series BoJack Horseman
- Penny Crygor, in the WarioWare series
- Penny Fitzgerald, in the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball
- Penny Fold, from Danger Mouse, played by Tara Strong
- Penny Halliwell, a recurring character in the series Charmed
- Penny Hartz, in the sitcom Happy Endings
- Penny Lamb, in the musical Ride the Cyclone
- Penny Haywood, in the mobile game '
- Penny Lane, in the 2000 film Almost Famous
- Penny Ling, in Littlest Pet Shop television series
- Penny Morris, in the Welsh children's animated television series Fireman Sam
- Penny Peterson, in the 2014 film Mr. Peabody & Sherman
- Penny Pingleton, in the 1988 film Hairspray and subsequent adaptations
- Penny Pingwing, in the animated children's television series Pingwings
- Penny Polendina, in the 2013 anime RWBY
- Penny the Pony Fairy, in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
- Penny Proud, the protagonist of the animated television series The Proud Family and its sequel series '
- Penny Robinson, in the television series Lost in Space
- Penny Rourke, in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
- Penny Sanchez, a supporting character in the animated television series ChalkZone
- Penny Scavo, in the television series Desperate Housewives
- Penny Tompkins, in the animated television comedy The Critic
- Penny Valentine, a character in the British television series Holby City
- Penny Widmore, in the television series Lost
- Penny Baker Williams, in the sitcom Step by Step
- Penny Bennyson, a character from the Ben 10 (2016 TV series) who babysat Ben when he was six. It was later revealed in "Beware the Scare-Crow, that she lives on a farm.