At a Glance
- Meaning
- Five stamens
- Origin
- Greek
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- PEN-steh-mun
Penstemon is a Greek girl's name meaning “five stamens”. It appears in our list of 175+ Wildflower Baby Names for Girls as Free-Spirited as They Sound.
Meaning & Origin of Penstemon
Meaning: Five stamens.
Origin: Greek.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Penstemon
PEN-steh-munIPA /ˈpɛnstəmən/
Popularity of Penstemon
Penstemon doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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