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The Name Begins With The Letter P:
PAAIE  f  Manx
Manx form of PEGGY

PAAVALI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of PAUL used in the Bible.

PAAVO  m  Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of PAUL

PABLO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Paulus (see PAUL)...

PACA  f  Spanish
Pet form of FRANCISCA

PACE  m  English
From a surname which was derived either from the first name PASCAL or the Middle English word pace meaning "peace".

PACEY  m  English
From an English surname which was derived from the French place name Pacy, itself derived from Gaulish first name of unknown meaning.

PACHJO  m  Esperanto
Esperanto pet form of PAUL...

PACIFICA  f  Spanish
Either derived from the name of the Pacific ocean or else a feminine form of the Late Latin name Pacificus meaning "peacemaker".

PACO  m  Spanish
Pet form of FRANCISCO

PADDY  m  Irish
Irish pet form of PATRICK

PADEN  m  English
Either a pet form of PATRICK or else from a surname meaning "path hill" in Old English.

PADERAU  f & m  Welsh
Means "beads" or "rosary" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

PADMA  m & f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "lotus" in Sanskrit...

PADMAVATI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "possessing lotuses", derived from the Sanskrit word पद्म (padma) "lotus" combined with वती (vati) "possessing"...

PADMINI  f  Indian
Means "full of lotuses" from the Sanskrit word (padma) "lotus" combined with (ini) "having".

PÁDRAIC  m  Irish
Irish form of PATRICK

PÁDRAIG  m  Irish
Irish form of PATRICK

PÀDRAIG  m  Scottish
Scottish form of PATRICK

PÁDRAIGÍN  f  Irish
Irish form of PATRICIA

PADRIG  m  Welsh, Breton
Welsh and Breton form of PATRICK

PAGE  f  English
From an Old French surname which originally denoted a person who was a page to a lord.

PAGET  f  English
From a surname which meant "little page" 

PAIGE  f  English
Variant of PAGE

PAISE  m  English
Variant of PACE

PAISLEY  f & m  English
From a Scottish surname which may be ultimately derived from Latin basilica "church".

PÄIVÄ  f  Finnish
Means "day" in Finnish.

PÄIVI  f  Finnish
Derived from Finnish päivä "day".

PAKI  m  African
Means "witness" in Xhosa.

PAKPAO  f  Thai
Means "kite" in Thai.

PÁL  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of PAUL

PÀL  m  Scottish
Scottish form of PAUL

PÅL  m  Swedish
Swedish form of PAUL

PÁLA  f  Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of PAUL

PÁLL  m  Icelandic
Icelandic form of PAUL

PALLAB  m  Indian
Variant of PALLAV

PALLAS  f & m  Greek Mythology
Probably derived from a Greek word meaning "maiden"...

PALLAV  m  Indian
Means "budding leaf, shoot" in Sanskrit.

PALLU  m  Biblical
Means "distinguished" in Hebrew... 

PALMER  m  English
From a surname which meant "pilgrim" in Old French.

PALMIRA  f  Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

PALMIRO  m  Italian
Means "pilgrim" in Italian...

PALOMA  f  Spanish
Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.

PAM  f  English
Short form of PAMELA

PAMELA  f  English
The name was invented in the 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'...

PAMELIA  f  English
Elaborated form of PAMELA

PAMELLA  f  English
Variant of PAMELA

PAMILA  f  English
Variant of PAMELA

PAMPHILOS  m  Ancient Greek
Means "friend of all" from Greek παν (pan) "all" and φιλος (philos) "friend".

PAN  m  Greek Mythology
Derived from a Greek word meaning "shepherd"...

PANAGIOTA  f  Greek
Feminine form of PANAGIOTIS

PANAGIOTAKIS  m  Greek
Pet form of PANAGIOTIS

PANAGIOTIS  m  Greek
Means "all holy", derived from Greek παν (pan) "all" combined with ‘αγιος (hagios) "holy".

PANAYIOTIS  m  Greek
Variant transcription of PANAGIOTIS

PANCHO  m  Spanish
Spanish pet form of FRANCISCO... 

PANCRAS  m  English
Medieval English form of PANKRATIOS

PANCRAZIO  m  Italian
Italian form of PANKRATIOS

PANDA  f  English
From the name of the bamboo-eating mammal that lives in China.

PANDORA  f  Greek Mythology
Means "all gifts", derived from a combination of Greek παν (pan) "all" and δωρον (doron) "gift"...

PANFILO  m  Italian
Italian form of PAMPHILOS...

PANIZ  f  Iranian
Means "sugar" in Persian.

PANKAJ  m  Indian
Modern transcription of PANKAJA

PANKAJA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "born of mud", referring to the lotus flower, derived from Sanskrit पङ्क (panka) "mud" and ज (ja) "born"...

PANKRATI  m  Russian
Russian form of PANKRATIOS

PANKRATIOS  m  Ancient Greek
Means "all power" from Greek παν (pan) "all" and κρατος (kratos) "power"...

PANKRAZ  m  German
German form of PANKRATIOS

PANNI  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of ANNA

PANOS  m  Greek
Pet form of PANAGIOTIS

PANSY  f  English
From the English word for a type of flower, ultimately deriving from Old French pensee "thought".

PANTALEON  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek elements παντες (pantes) "all" and λεων (leon) "lion"...

PANTALEONE  m  Italian
Italian form of PANTALEON

PANTHER  m  Ancient Greek
Means "panther" in Greek.

PANTHERAS  m  Ancient Greek, Greek
Derived from Greek πανθηρ (panther) meaning "panther" (which is ultimately derived from the elements παν (pan) "all" and θηραω (therao) "to hunt")...

PAOL  m  Breton
Breton form of PAUL

PAOLA  f  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of PAUL

PAOLINA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAOLINO  m  Italian
Italian form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAOLO  m  Italian
Italian form of Paulus (see PAUL)...

PAORA  m  Maori
Maori form of PAUL

PAPA  f  Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Means "earth" in Maori...

PAPAK  m  Iranian
Variant of BABAK

PAPILLION  m  French
Derived from French papillon meaning "butterfly".

PAQUITA  f  Spanish
Pet form of FRANCISCA

PAQUITO  m  Spanish
Pet form of FRANCISCO

PARAMONOS  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek παραμονη (paramone) meaning "endurance, constancy".

PARASKEVAS  m  Greek
Derived from Greek παρασκευη (paraskeue) meaning "preparation".

PARASKEVE  f  Greek
Feminine form of PARASKEVAS

PARASTOO  f  Iranian
Means "swallow (the bird)" in Persian.

PARASTU  f  Iranian
Variant of PARASTOO

PARI  f  Iranian
Means "fairy" in Persian.

PARIDE  m  Italian
Italian form of PARIS

PARIS (1)  m  Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown...

PARIS (2)  f  Various
From the name of the capital city of France, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.

PARISA  f  Iranian
Means "like a fairy" in Persian.

PARKER  m & f  English
From a surname which meant "keeper of the park" in Old French.

PARNEL  f  Medieval English
Medieval contracted form of PETRONEL...

PARRIS  f & m  English (Modern)
Variant of PARIS (1) or PARIS

PARRY  m  Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Harry meaning "son of HARRY".

PARSIFAL  m  German
German form of PERCIVAL

PARTH  m  Indian
Modern transcription of PARTHA

PARTHA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "son of PRITHA" in Sanskrit...

PARTHALAN  m  Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown... []

PARTHENIA  f  Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek παρθενος (parthenos) meaning "maiden, virgin"...

PARTHENOPE  f  Greek Mythology
Means "maiden's voice", derived from Greek παρθενος (parthenos) "maiden" and οψ (ops) "voice"...

PARVAIZ  m  Iranian
Means "fortunate, happy" in Persian...

PARVANA  f  Iranian
Means "butterfly" in Persian.

PARVATI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "daughter of the mountains" in Sanskrit...

PARVEEN  f  Iranian
Variant of PARVIN

PARVIN  f  Iranian
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian...

PARWIZ  m  Iranian
Variant of PARVAIZ

PASCAL  m  French, German
From the Late Latin name Paschalis, which meant "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew פֶסַח (pesach) "Passover"...

PASCALE  f  French
Feminine form of PASCAL

PASCALINE  f  French
Feminine form of PASCAL

PASCHAL  m  French
Variant of PASCAL

PASCO  m  Cornish
Cornish form of PASCAL

PASCUAL  m  Spanish
Spanish form of PASCAL

PASCUALA  f  Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PASCAL

PASHA  m  Russian
Pet form of PAVEL

PASI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of BASIL

PASQUALE  m  Italian
Italian form of PASCAL

PASQUALINA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of PASCAL

PASQUALINO  m  Italian
Pet form of PASQUALE

PASTOR  m  Spanish, Late Roman
From a Late Latin name meaning "shepherd"...

PASTORA  f  Spanish
Feminine form of PASTOR

PAT  m & f  English
Short form of PATRICK or PATRICIA...

PATARIKI  m  Maori
Maori form of PATRICK

PATIENCE  f  English
Simply means "patience" from the English word, ultimately from Latin patientia, a derivative of pati "to suffer"...

PATRICE  m  French
French form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRICIA  f  English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRICIO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRICK  m  Irish, English, French, German
From the Roman name Patricius, which meant "nobleman" in Latin...

PATRIK  m  Czech, Hungarian, Swedish
Czech, Hungarian and Swedish form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRIZIA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRIZIO  m  Italian
Italian form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATROCLUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Πατροκλος (Patroklos) which meant "glory of the father", derived from πατρος (patros) "of the father" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"...

PATRYCJA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRYK  m  Polish
Polish form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATSY  f & m  Irish, English
Pet form of PATRICIA or PATRICK

PATTI  f  English
Pet form of PATRICIA

PATTIE  f  English
Pet form of PATRICIA

PATTON  m  English
Either a pet form of PATRICK or else from a surname which meant "bald" in Middle English...

PATTY  f  English
Pet form of PATRICIA

PATXI  m  Basque
Basque form of FRANCIS

PATYA  m  Russian
Pet form of IPATI

PAU  m  Catalan
Catalan form of PAUL...

PAUL  m  English, French, German, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin...

PAULA  f  English, German, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL).

PAULE  f  French
French feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL).

PAULEEN  f  English
Variant of PAULINE

PAULENE  f  English
Variant of PAULINE

PAULETTA  f  English
Latinate feminine pet form of PAUL

PAULETTE  f  French
French feminine pet form of PAUL

PAULI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of PAUL

PAULIE  m  English
Pet form of PAUL

PAULIEN  f  Dutch
Dutch feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULIINA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of PAULINA

PAULINA  f  English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINE  f  French, English, German
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Paulinus, which was itself derived from Paulus (see PAUL)...

PAULIUS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of PAUL

PAULO  m  Portuguese, Galician, Esperanto
Portuguese, Galician and Esperanto form of Paulus (see PAUL).

PAULU  m  Corsican
Corsican form of Paulus (see PAUL).

PAUWEL  m  Dutch
Dutch form of PAUL, used especially in Flanders.

PAVAO  m  Croatian
Croatian form of PAUL

PAVEL  m  Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene
Russian, Czech, Bulgarian and Slovene form of PAUL

PAVILS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of PAUL

PAVLA  f  Czech, Slovene
Czech and Slovene feminine form of PAUL

PAVLE  m  Serbian
Serbian form of PAUL

PAVLINA  f  Czech
Pet form of PAVLA

PAVLO  m  Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of PAUL

PAVLOS  m  Greek
Greek form of PAUL

PAVOL  m  Slovak
Slovak form of PAUL

PAWEŁ  m  Polish
Polish form of PAUL

PAX  f  Roman Mythology
Means "peace" in Latin. In Roman mythology she was the goddess of peace.

PAXTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning "Pœcc's town"...

PAYAM  m  Iranian
Means "message" in Persian.

PAYTON  m & f  English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning "Pœga's town"... 

PEACE  f  English
Means simply "peace" from the English word, ultimately derived from Latin pax.

PEADAR  m  Irish, Scottish
Irish and Scottish form of PETER

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