Names starting with P

Signifies "flower" in Hmong.

The Manx variant of Peggy.

Diminutive of Francisca.

Signifies "earth mother" in Quechua, from pacha "world, time" and mama "mother". This was an Inca goddess of earth and fertility.

A Spanish feminine variant of Pacificus.

Signifies "lotus" in Sanskrit. This transcribes both the feminine पद्मा (long final vowel) and masculine पद्म (short final vowel).

Signifies "resembling lotuses", from Sanskrit पद्म (padma) "lotus" and वती (vatī) "resemblance". A Hindu goddess, wife of Venkateswara and an aspect...

Signifies "multitude of lotuses", from Sanskrit पद्म (padma) "lotus".

Diminutive of Pádraig, also used as a feminine form.

Derived from a French and English surname that carried the sense of "little page" (see Paige).

From Greek παγώνι (pagoni) meaning "peacock".

Signifies "attached feathers woman", from Cheyenne pȧhoe- "attach to" and voto "feather, plume" with the feminine suffix -e'é [1].

Derived from an English surname denoting "servant, page" in Middle English. It traces back ultimately (through Old French and Italian) to Greek παιδίο...

A variation of Paisley.

Derived from a Scots surname, originally taken from the name of a town near Glasgow, possibly tracing back ultimately to Latin basilica "church". This...

A variation of Peyton.

Signifies "day" in Finnish.

From Finnish päivä meaning "day".

Diminutive of Päivi.

Signifies "kite (flying craft)" in Thai.

An Icelandic feminine variant of Paul.

Signifies "flower" in Sotho.

The Belarusian variant of Polina.

A Bengali feminine variant of Pallav.

Possibly from Greek παλλακή (pallake) "maiden, young woman". This was an epithet of Athena. Some legends say it was originally a friend's name;...

The female form of Pallav.

Signifies "palm tree" in Italian, referring to Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter).

The female form of Palmiro.

Signifies "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.

A shortened form of Pamela.

Invented by poet Philip Sidney for his romance Arcadia (1593). He possibly intended "all sweetness" from Greek πᾶν (pan) "all" and μέλι (meli) "honey"...

An elaborated form of Pamela.

A variation of Pamela.

A variation of Pamela.

The female form of Panagiotis.

Signifies "all gifts", from Greek πᾶν (pan) "all" and δῶρον (doron) "gift". In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first mortal woman. Zeus gave her a...

Signifies "little daughter" in Greenlandic, from panik "daughter" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

Possibly signifies "sugar" in Persian.

A Hungarian diminutive form of Panna.

A Hungarian diminutive of Anna.

Hungarian diminutive form of Anna.

From the English word for a variety of flower, ultimately derived from Old French pensee meaning "thought".

The Italian feminine form of Paul.

Italian feminine form of Paulinus (see Paulino).

Signifies "earth" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology, Papa or Papatuanuku was the earth goddess and mother of many other deities. She...

A diminutive of Francisca.

A diminutive of Paraskoviya.

The Bulgarian and Macedonian variant of Paraskeve.

From Greek παρασκευή (paraskeue) signifying "preparation" or "Friday" (the day of preparation). A 2nd-century saint who was martyred in Rome bore...

A modern Greek transcription of Paraskeve.

A diminutive of Paraskevi.

The Ukrainian variant of Paraskeve.

Signifies "swallow (bird)" in Persian.

An alternate transcription of Persian پرستو (see Parastoo).

Signifies "fairy, sprite, nymph" in Persian.

From the name of Paris, the capital of France, which derives from the Gaulish tribe called the Parisii. In America, this name saw a sharp rise and...

Signifies "like a fairy" in Persian, from پری (parī) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".

A contracted form of Petronel. During the later Middle Ages it became slang for a promiscuous woman, causing the name to fall out of use.

From Greek παρθένος (parthenos) signifying "maiden, virgin".

From Greek παρθένος (parthenos) signifying "maiden, virgin". In Greek mythology, this was the name of one of the mares belonging to Marmax.