Penrose

PEN-rose

Cornish and Welsh place name and surname

"top of the heath"

Penrose Origin and Meaning

The name Penrose is a girl's name of Welsh, Cornish origin meaning "top of the heath".

Penrose – an ancient place-name and surname derived from several villages in Cornwall, Wales, and the Welsh border country of England – would make for an even more unexpected alternative to quirky nature name Primrose. Intuitive nicknames Penny or Rosie make it feel more wearable.

20 Names Similar to Penrose

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Famous People Named Penrose

• Roger Penrose English mathematical physicist and philosopher of science

Penrose in Pop Culture

• Penrose tiling pairs of shapes that tile the plane only aperiodically (when the markings are constrained to match at borders). These two tiles, illustrated above, are called the "kite" and "dart," respectively. In strict Penrose tiling, the tiles must be placed in such a way that the colored markings agree; in particular, the two tiles may not be combined into a rhombus.