The Penney Family Name

Ancestors listed as Penney are often found as Penny a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Penny, is “A nickname or personal name connected with the penny coin”.

Spelling and variants

Penney adds “e” to Penny, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.

The 2010 US Census counted 5,752 people named Penney, ranking it number 5,982 among American surnames. That puts it among the top 10,000 US surnames.

Penney coat of arms

Arms linked to Penny and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

For the full story, order the Penney surname pack.