The other day I said to DH, "I really like this name but it's one that probably a lot of people hate . . . Penelope and Penny for short." He responded that he also loves the name and so I thought, "That was easy!" A few days later I realised, our last name is Nicholls and so Penny Nicholls is like a joke name. Get it? Like Penny, Nickels, American coin names. So I told him it was out. But it just keeps returning too our minds.

What do you think? About the combo with the last name and also feelings about Penelope/Penny in general? We like well-known names, in original spellings, but not in the top 50. Thanks.