English (also present in Ireland): from Middle English peni,
peny ‘penny’, applied as a nickname, possibly for a person of
some substance or for a tenant who paid a rent of one penny. This was
the common Germanic unit of value when money was still an unusual
phenomenon. It was the only unit of coinage in England until the early
14th century, when the groat and the gold noble were introduced, and
was a silver coin of considerable value. There is some evidence
that the word was used in Old English times as a byname.
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