PABLO (m) Spanish form of PAUL.

PACO (m) Pet form of FRANCISCO

PADDY (m) Pet form of PATRICK

PADEN (m) Pet form of PATRICK or from a surname meaning "path hill" (Old English).

PAGE (f) From a surname which denoted a person who was a page to a lord.

PAIGE (f) Form of PAGE

PAKI (m) "witness" (African)

PALLAS (f) "maiden" (Greek).

PALMIRA (f) Feminine form of PALMIRO

PALMIRO (m) "pilgrim" (Latin).

PALOMA (f) "dove" (Spanish)

PAMELA (f) Perhaps "all sweetness" (Greek).

PANCHO (m) Spanish pet form of FRANCISCO.

PANDA (f) English; from the name of the bamboo-eating mammal that lives in China.

PANDORA (f) "all gifted" from Greek pan "all" combined with doron "gift". In Greek mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman. Zeus gave her a box containing all of the troubles and ills that mankind now knows, and told her not to open it. Unfortunately her curiousity got the best of her and she opened it, unleashing the evil spirits into the world.

PANFILO (m) "lover of all" (Greek).

PAOLA (f) Italian feminine form of PAUL

PAOLO (m) Italian form of PAUL.

PAPILLION (m) "butterfly" from French papillon

PARIS (m) Meaning unknown (Greek). In Greek mythology he was the Trojan prince who kidnapped Helen and began the Trojan War. He slew Achilles, but was eventually slain himself. The capital city of France bears this name.

PARKER (m) "keeper of the park" (Middle English). From a surname.

PARTH (m) Short form of PARTHALAN

PARTHALAN (m) Meaning unknown (Irish).

PARTHENIA (f) "maiden" (Greek). An epithet of Athena.

PASCAL (m) "Easter child" (French).

PASCALE (f) Feminine form of PASCAL

PAT (m,f) Short form of PATRICK or PATRICIA..

PATIENCE (f) "patience" from the English word.

PATRICIA (f) Feminine form of PATRICK

PATRICK (m) "nobleman" (Latin).  

PATSY (f, m) Pet form of PATRICIA or PATRICK

PATTI (f) Short feminine form of PATRICK

PATTON (m) Pet form of PATRICK or from a surname that meant "bald" (Middle English).

PAUL (m) "small" or "humble" from Latin paulus.

PAULA (f) Latinate feminine form of PAUL

PAULETTE (f) French feminine pet form of PAUL

PAULINE (f) French feminine form of PAUL

PAVEL (m) Russian form of PAUL

PAVLO (m) Ukrainian form of PAUL

PAWEL (m) Polish form of PAUL

PAYTON (m) "peacock town" (Old English).  

PEARL (f) "pearl" (English).

PEDER (m) Danish or Norwegian form of PETER

PEDRO (m) Spanish and Portuguese form of PETER.

PEGGY (f) Pet form of MEG

PENELOPE (f) "duck" from Greek penelops.

PENI (m) Hawaiian form of BEN

PENNY (f) Short form of PENELOPE

PEONY (f) "peony" (Greek). A flower name. It was believed to have healing qualities so was named after Pæon, the doctor of the gods.

PEPE (m) Spanish pet form of JOSEPH

PER (m) Scandinavian form of PETER

PERCIVAL (m) Perhaps an invented name, but it could mean "pierce valley" (Middle English) or it could be a Celtic name of unknown origin. He was a chivalrous knight who was given a glimpse of the Holy Grail in 'The Tales of King Arthur'.

PERCY (m) Short form of PERCIVAL or from a Norman place name.

PERDITA (f) "lost" from Latin perditus.

PERRY (m) "traveller" or "pilgrim" from the Latin name Peregrine.

PERSEPHONE (f) Meaning unknown (Greek), perhaps "to destroy light". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus who was abducted to the underworld by Hades. She was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons.

PERSEUS (m) Meaning unknown (Greek). Perseus was a hero in Greek legend. He killed Medusa, who was so ugly that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone, by looking at her in the reflection of his shield and slaying her in her sleep.

PETA (f) Feminine form of PETER

PETER (m) "rock" (Greek).

PETRA (f) Feminine form of PETER.

PETULA (f) Perhaps "to ask" (Latin)

PEYTON (m) Variant of PAYTON

PHAEDRA (f) Perhaps "bright" (Greek).

PHILANDER (m) "lover of men" (Greek)

PHILIP (m) "horse lover" (Greek).

PHILIPPA (f) Feminine form of PHILIP

PHILLIS (f) Form of PHYLLIS

PHOEBE (f) "bright" from Greek phoibos. Phoebe was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis. See also DELIA.

PHOENIX (f,m) "dark red" (Greek).

PHOTINE (f) "light" from Greek photos.

PHYLLIS (f) "foliage" (Greek). In Greek myth this was the name of a girl who killed herself and then was transformed into an almond tree.

PIA (f) "respectful" (Latin)

PIERA (f) Italian feminine form of PETER

PIERCE (m) Form of PIERS

PIERINA (f) Feminine form of PIETRO

PIERO (m) Italian form of PETER.

PIERRE (m) French form of PETER.

PIERS (m) Middle English form of PETER

PIETER (m) Dutch form of PETER

PIETRO (m) Italian form of PETER..

PILAR (f) "pillar" (Spanish).

PIOTR (m) Polish form of PETER

PLATO (m) "broad [shouldered]" (Greek).

POCAHONTAS (f) "she is playful" (American Indian).

POLLY (f) Form of MOLLY

POPPY (f) "poppy" (English) from the name of the red flower.

PORFIRIO (m) "purple dye" from Greek porphyra.

PORTIA (f) From the Roman family name Porcius, which possibly means "pig".

PRESTON (m) "priest town" (Old English). From a surname which was from a place name.

PRISCA (f) "ancient" (Greek) from Priscus, a Roman family name.

PRISCILLA (f) Pet form of PRISCA

PROSERPINA (f) "to emerge" (Latin). She was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Persephone.

PRUDENCE (f) From the Latin name Prudentia which meant "prudence" or "good judgement". Or it can simply be from the English word.

PRUE (f) Short form of PRUDENCE

PSYCHE (f) "soul" or "breathe" from Greek psychein "to breathe".

PTOLEMA (f) Feminine form of PTOLEMY

PTOLEMY (m) "aggressive" or "warlike" (Greek).

PYOTR (m) Russian form of PETER