Throughout the world, Pennington (Pennington 
, פנינגטון 
, Пеннингтон 
) is a very rare epicene forename. The first name Pennington is characteristic of South Africa, where it is a very rare male name, and the United States, where it is a very rare unisex name. Much more frequently, Pennington is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Pennington | El Salvador, Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom |
| פנינגטון | Israel |
| Пеннингтон | Russia |
Pennington is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| sir william pennington, 1st bt. (1655-1730) (b. 1655) |
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| lowther pennington English army officer (1745-1818) (b. 1745) |
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| montagu pennington English cleric, writer, literary editor (1762-1849) (b. 1762) |
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| lowther pennington, 3rd baron muncaster British peer (b. 1802) |
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| gamel pennington, 4th baron muncaster Irish peer and British landowner (b. 1831) |
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| rowland pennington Footballer (1870-1929), GB (b. 1870) |
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| lee r. pennington head of FBI Washington Office and adviser to American Security Council, US (b. 1894) |
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| ray pennington American country singer-songwriter, US (b. 1933) |
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| havoc pennington American computer engineer and entrepreneur, US (b. 1976) |
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| parker m pennington researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-9509-7831) |
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| sir alan de pennington Aft 27 Mar 1233 - Aft 30 Nov 1292 |
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| sir alan de pennington - 27 Sep 1415 |
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| unknown pennington Peerage person ID=461972 |
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| sir john de pennington Abt 1393 - 6 Apr 1470 |
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| sir john pennington, 3rd bt. (died 1768) |
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