Miss Moneypenny in the closing credits, as Moneypenny. Since the character's first appearance in "Casino Royale", neither Fleming nor any succeeding Bond novelist gave Moneypenny a first name. In a number of books and at least one film, Bond refers to her by the nickname "Penny" (a shortened version of her last name). However, "The Moneypenny Diaries" gives her first name as Jane, while in "Skyfall", the character is named Eve. After Lois Maxwell's death, Roger Moore recalled that she would have liked to have become the new M after Moore's retirement. She had suggested herself for the role of M but
Miss Moneypenny be a Bond girl, having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond. Although not given a first name by Fleming, the character was given the name Jane in the spin-off book series, "The Moneypenny Diaries"; in the films, she received the first name of Eve in "Skyfall" (2012), where the character spent time as a field agent before becoming secretary to M. According to the film "You Only Live Twice" (1967), she holds the rank of second officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service. In Ian Fleming's first draft of "Casino Royale" (1953), Moneypenny's name was originally