Why Does Penelope Mean Duck?

[@NameExplain]

QUACK QUACK! (that's go support me on Patreon in duck) www.patreon.com/nameexplain

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

Ah okay

[@theshamanite]

I bet you'll be explaining Quinn, if I had to guess.

[@jae6722]

Hi

[@greamespens1460]

@@theshamanite And the next season Quincy ;) I cannot think of any other names beginning with Q will there only be 2 seasons :(

[@greamespens1460]

Wait someone suggested Quentin great a third season.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

I feel bad for my cousin Penelope now. We eat duck at the table every Christmas.

[@frank_calvert]

you shouldve flipped those sentances, the second sounds pretty lewd lol

[@Joe_Potts]

Hannah-Barbara did have a spin-off cartoon titled "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop" where the main character, Penelope would get captured by a badguy and this small army of little men in suits that followed Penelope around would have to rescue her in typical cartoon fashion.

[@nicholask7566]

$600 - Silly hat $700 - Silly suit $800 - Patrick has to do a silly dance for the entire video

[@mevb]

The show you were refering to is The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. She and The Anthill Mob started out in Wackey Races which also introduces Dick Dasterly and Muttley (they later got their own spin-off show Dick Dasterly and Muttley in their Flying Machines) and also The Slag Brothers which inspired into the creation of Captain Caveman.

[@darganx]

Also, Stop That Pigeon.

[@juanitoice]

Penny from The Big Bang Theory, Penny from Inspector Gadget

[@ScreamingAllTheTime]

I love the name Penelope. Any name that ends in a long e sound is so pretty and reminds me of mythology.

[@makotopark7741]

Yes, like Mnemosyne, Aphrodite, Dolomite

[@Merlodica]

Persephone sounds like the distant cousin of the name Penelope

[@ZBisson]

@@makotopark7741 and Penelope

[@crazycousinsontheloose]

My name is Penelope 💕

[@midwinter78]

Common names: I once shared a house with two other people called Peter (and one who wasn't), and I had a boss called Peter too. It got very confusing. There were ways around it though. At home, one of the Peters was always called Pete, one was always called Peter and I got called either Pete or Peter depending on who else was there that I might be confused with.

[@JediSimpson]

Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds is who I think of when I think of the name Penelope.

[@Tone720]

snap.

[@geraldgrenier8132]

Penolope Akk aka Bad Penny aka Penultimate the main character of "Please Don't tell my Parents I'm A Supervillain"

[@benjaminmenist]

The next one HAS to be Quentin

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Or Quinn , Quincy, Quade

[@HS-yr6sw]

There is also a Penelope (nicknamed Penny) in Enid Blyton's Willow farm books.

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

Penolope is percys girlfriend in harry potter

[@benjaminmenist]

When I read that I thought it was pronounced like envelope

[@rapportbuildingfirst8695]

I thought of that, too. She was petrified at the same time in book 2 as Hermione!

[@NoNameAtAll2]

@@benjaminmenist in russian it is pronounced as envelope

[@batya7]

When I was a kid I thought Penelope was pronounced "Penny - lope." It wasn't until years later I met a Penelope.

[@batya7]

You mentioned this comment in your Quentin episode!!!

[@dallasrover5515]

"They wanted her to be their wife." To be fair, I think it's more like they wanted to be king, and marrying Penelope was the way to achieve that.

[@StatsJedi]

Back when you did Felicity I mentioned Felicity Kendall and Penelope Keith of Good Neighbors.

[@Illumisepoolist]

The name of series is called "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop." I've seen an episode when i was a kid.

[@unknownentity4620]

You are right. There's "The Perils of Peneolpe Pitstop".

[@kailomonkey]

Also Venelope from Wreck It Ralph is an alternative I wish would catch on.

[@ChristoAbrie]

Actually it's spelled Vanellope and it's supposed to be a pun on the spice "vanilla peas" (vanilla is made from the roasted beans, as well as the pods, of the vanilla plant) which is a popular flavour for various sweets.

[@pennywill4521]

My Dad calls me Pen and I love that he has a 'pet' name for me. I also sew a lot but didn't know about the ducks.

[@makouras]

You spelled 'Odysseus' perfectly, I think you could even nail the pronunciation of the Greek version of the name.

[@paulinetrivago.7540]

Perils of Penelope Pitstop is the spinoff with Penelope and the Ant Hill Mob

[@yeenmusic]

I knew someone named Penelope, though she spelled it 'Pęnelepį' as her father was Polish, and people pronounced it correctly. But as soon as we reached middle school and she moved to California. she had to change it to Penelope, which people pronounced it 'Peen lope'.

[@TJ52359]

Odysseus = "Oh-diss-e-us" or that's how I learned it...

[@ChristoAbrie]

There's another famous Penelope you missed. Even if she is just Penny Hofstadter

[@stevierv22]

In Greece the short name for Penelope (Πηνελόπη) is usually Popi or Poppy. The variations in Greek are: Πόπη, Πόππη, Πόππυ, Πόπυ Wiktionary also lists Μπήλιω (Billio) and Πίτσα (Pitsa) which sounds like pizza so it's quite funny :D

[@Dr_V]

I had a lot of Greek colleagues in med school and they really enjoyed messing with us because Romanians don't understand a word in Greek. Some Greek guys nicknamed a female teacher "Pipa" and told us it's short for Penelope (her actual name), took us more than a year to find out that the word literally means "pipe" but is used as slang for fellatio... Poor woman had a habit of chewing on pens when she was nervous or tired and was rather attractive for her age, I hope she never found out what those punks were thinking about during her lectures.

[@stevierv22]

@@Dr_V That's actually slang for bjob. That kind of people are full of shit. I am also not surprised it was a med school. They go to Romania and get an easy degree just to work on public sector here assigned by their political acquaintances. She probably rejected them after trying to get more intimate with her and called her that name as some sort of revenge.

[@Dr_V]

@@stevierv22 Easy degree means nothing in this profession, if you're crap sooner rather than later you'll get in a lot of trouble. I know how they used to buy their grades, but things changed a lot since then. One thing though: not all Greek students were like that, some of them were quite serious and smart, I still keep in touch with a guy from Athens who became a rather good urologist.

[@stevierv22]

@@Dr_V Yes i know that not all of them are like that but people with such a behavior as you mentioned are more likely to be scums. Thanks for commenting, have a great week.

[@LinguarumFautor]

My aunt is named Penelope. Her cousin was Persephone.

[@gavinparks5386]

My Aunt Pen said she thought Auntie Penelope sounded like a disease.

[@Flappergothpunk]

I love the name persephone ❤

[@dawnpowell1820]

Her father was Icarius, not Icarus the child who flew too close to the sun and drowned.

[@Myrtle2911]

My friend's granddaughter is named Penelope ("Penny" for short). She's 16 months old.

[@jbtom321]

I agree, eccleston is my favorite Doctor too.

[@nancyclark864]

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. That’s the other cartoon.

[@lillyd6149]

I love the name Penelope

[@miranda6315]

Me too

[@acdsarc11]

When I think of Penny, I think of Miley Cyrus's character in the Disney movie _Bolt_ .

[@nikkia9506]

I think of Penny from The Big Bang Theory, and Penelope Pitstop (as well as Mrs Odysseus 😁

[@nikkia9506]

THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP! Sorry about shouting. I got all excited when I remembered the cartoon's name. The poor Anthill Mob had to rescue her every couple of minutes.

[@timothymckane6362]

I actually think of Penny from Inspector Gadget.

[@meetaverma8372]

I love the name Penelope. I'm from India, and no one has that name here. If I ever move out of here, and change my name that'll be Penelope

[@darganx]

You all forgotten Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds??

[@wanderingclarinetist6352]

Ah my name is Penelope!! My nickname is "Nelly/Nellie," and Penny and Poppy are also nicknames for it that I've heard. I was so worried when I saw the title of this video because I knew that my name meant "thread of a bobbin," and I had forgotten about the duck!

[@PenelopeAutumn]

I never thought of Nellie as Nickname until somebody put it as the name on my pizza order

[@faeryhalo7572]

When you listed the pop culture references for characters named Penelope, you left out the 2006 film titled Penelope, starring Christina Ricci.

[@elfsemail]

I was named Penny, not Penelope which I quite like. I, as many kids do, hated my name. I knew of dogs named Penny, was called nickel and/or dime as penny is the smallest coin in the United States, and legally dropped that name in favor of my (then) middle name of Elizabeth. I do have a friend who goes by Penn, she doesn't like Penny either.

[@allanrichardson1468]

There is a women’s charity organization in the Greek-American community called the Penelope Society, because Greeks consider the mythical Penelope a model of wifely virtue, because of her faithful waiting.

[@erictaylor5462]

I know a Penelope who attended the University of Oregon! Go Ducks.

[@WXLM-MorganNicole619]

Can we bring back this series? I really liked it

[@Ziggletooth]

I've literally never in my life met anyone called Penelope. British 30yrs old.

[@NiamhCreates]

Our neighbor when we lived in Hawaii was named Penelope. She was from Australia. She went by Penel (peh-NELL).

[@CAMacKenzie]

Not Icarus, Icarius, king of Sparta. Icarius was a champion runner and required suitors for Penelope to race him, and only Odysseus could beat him and win the faithful Penny. I've also heard Nell as a nickname for Penelope, though it's also good for Eleanor. Anas penelope is the name given the Eurasian wigeon by Carolus Linnaeus. A friend of mine has a sister named Penelope.

[@kailomonkey]

Thunderbirds

[@rgllkendall]

cool video as always, but just to say that Greek mythological history had Icarius (not Icarus) being Penelope’s dad. Icarus was only a kid when his father fashioned the fateful wings for them both

[@dulcimerrafi]

I know Penelope Wilton from Downton Abbey.

[@camdensnyder8894]

Me, about to use the name Penelope for a character in my current story: *sees the title of this video* it fucking means what??

[@ruantengyi]

Hi Name Explain, have you done a video about why we call it "first, second, third" and not "oneth, twoth, threeth"?

[@BlizzardofKnives]

You teach me and I'll teach you, Name Explain!

[@mevb]

Even if this video was for the name Penelope, they are several fictional Pennys worth to be mentioned. First is Money-Penny, Q's secretary from the James Bond movies and in-between relationship flirt for 007, who in turn inspired two parody versions, Penny from Super Secret Secret Squirrel (of 2 Stupid Dogs cartoon from the early 90's) and Monkey-Penny of the James Bond-parody kid-adventure game series Spy Fox from Humongous Entertainment. From the Disney movies, there are two characters named Penny: First the young orphan girl from The Rescuers, and Penny Forrester from Bolt (who by the way, is not actual named Penny as it was the name of the character that she played in the Bolt series within the movie, but due to the title character not knowing her actual name and for most of the movie believes that what happens in the series is reality being tricked into believing so, he, Mittens and Rhino refer to her as Penny).

[@gavinparks5386]

The word is apoplectic , and not apollectic - or at least that's what it sounds to me , the way Patrick says it.

[@indeedken]

That's our kitty's name! Penelope Sugarbottom Peel

[@PENELOPENANKUNDA-fn4vu]

All tye Penelope's here put your hands up😊❤

[@keetrandling4530]

Have you forgotten Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward ?

[@Estarfigam]

That story about the criminal with the same name as the poster, reminded me of the story my Uncle Hugh a white man was mistaken for Huey Newton, leader of the Black Panthers.

[@danadnauseam]

The other cartoon was called the Wacky Races.

[@coldplayfan59]

ye

[@Ch9-7708]

This is very interesting. It put a smile on my face after a boring and stressful day at school. 👍

[@joshuasiramarco3233]

Penelope Pitstop anyone?

[@adroitdroid5989]

We've seen Adam Sandler's cheese puff orange suit so it better be heckin silly lol

[@DJSSJ420]

your shirts on backwards?

[@fermintenava5911]

9:03 *Senpai noticed me* 🤯

[@thejadedrabbitTJR]

don't skip nine!

[@TheLowstef]

Penn Jillette

[@nikkia9506]

Silly suit? I think you should hire a shark costume to follow on from the silly hat 😄 PS Your Odysseus was fine. A lot of Classicists say it your way, and a lot say it with a short "i". Romans got it completely wrong and called him Ulyssess. Go figure. Ahh, Matt Smith....

[@hoathanatos6179]

The Romans didn't get it completely wrong. Their language just underwent a sound shift where Ds turned into Ls. Dacrima (Tear) became Lacrima, Dingua (Tongue) became Lingua, and Odysses became Ulysses.

[@Saltiren]

"Thread of a bobbin" what even is this?

[@hoathanatos6179]

A bobbin is a cylindrical spindle around which thread is turned. You would traditionally hook it onto a spinning wheel's flyer to hold the thread as you turn it to unwind the spindle and drive it around the wheel.

[@Saltiren]

@@hoathanatos6179 a spinning wheel's flyer? I have never even seen a spinning wheel, this phrase he's using seems so incredibly antiquated it isn't even funny.

[@hoathanatos6179]

@@Saltiren Well he's talking about an ancient Greek woman and the origin of her name.

[@hoathanatos6179]

@@Saltiren Have you ever seen a sewing machine? It has a similar set up, just mechanical and electrically powered.

[@Saltiren]

@@hoathanatos6179 no, I've never seen a sewing machine. as a child I was repeatedly told not to go near the sewing machine so I assume they're insanely fragile things that'll break if you look at them the wrong way.

[@sdspivey]

Silly suit? You mean the one you're wearing?

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

Why is Hitler's name vilified but not Joseph's?

[@hoathanatos6179]

I don't know anyone with the name Stalin, which was a nickname Djugashvili gave himself, but Joseph is a super popular biblical name and isn't going anywhere just because a dictator had the name.

[@Ziggletooth]

@@hoathanatos6179 Plus Hitler is a last name? ...that's not how names work?

[@hoathanatos6179]

@@Ziggletooth I thought we were talking about the name Adolph.

[@Ziggletooth]

@@hoathanatos6179 You're right I misinterpreted. I did do a search of adolf and to my surprise the name has actually become more popular post 1945. www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=adolf&sw=both&exact=false

[@hoathanatos6179]

@@Ziggletooth In Spanish and Portuguese the name wasn't really hit hard by the rise of Hitler but in places like Germany and any country that went to war with the Nazis, the name's decline has been pretty intense. It's English equivalent Aethelwulf hasn't been popular for 1000 years.

[@tompatterson1548]

Πηνελόπη

[@DaremoTen]

A boy's name next, eh? Quincy? Quentin? Qu... Man, if this series goes on for a while, you are gonna be STUCK.

[@blistlelo1700]

What would it be like if a girl literally was raised by ducks and not other way around? Some grown woman flapping her arms, quacks loudly all day long and speaks with a Donald Duck accent? Female ducks are extremely noisy just like valley girls especially when they gossips and laughs except they have much deeper powerful voices than the males!

[@vivaeljason]

Come on Patrick...watch AEW.

[@dracodistortion9447]

I hate this name. Just do lol.

[@patrickkerrigan6323]

696th view lol.

[@christermi]

5:15 it was supposedly an omen by the gods and that's what changed his mind . You're not being funny , stop appropriating other cultures.

[@IgabodDobagi]

you need to learn what cultural appropriation means. And quit being a dick.

[@christermi]

@@IgabodDobagi ignorants calling ancient greek mythology stupid , when it most of the time was in fact so sophisticated and well thought out that it continues to impress researchers even to this day . To me , ignorance is equivalent to individually propagandizing.

[@christermi]

Most of his videos' interpretations of ancient greek mythology are poorly researched, rushed and not cited . This kind of misinformation is not to be encouraged ; For instance , in this specific video , it is clear that both theories can be used to describe the name of Penelope ; the first describes her personality and her strong character in the Odyssey and the second her mythological background . This comical moment in this video that I was referring to was the epitome of this trend of disrespecting . I'm sorry if I offended you in any way with my comment , but , even as I am a fan of youtubers choosing to elaborate upon my country's history, I quite right so dispise misinformation in its every form . Just to give you a perspective, it's sad to see a video of the Greek islands' etymological origins and find out that almost everything he says is wrong , just because it is very poorly researched . Same goes for the ancient Greek mythology , which is the most complex of all Greek subjects and deserves our respect .

[@IgabodDobagi]

@@christermi guess what, this isn't a channel called Greek Mythology Explained. He's not trying to research the meaning behind those ancient myths. So Get over yourself jackass. His explanations of names is usually spot on.

[@christermi]

@@IgabodDobagi you're right , of course, but I still value objectivity and professionalism in one's work .

[@magovenor]

Stop begging

[@m.a.t.a.s]

If you can't afford $1, then don't donate.

[@eoghanbannon-wright5689]

If you took the time to go on to the video just to comment that then get off the channel