Names starting with P
584 Names found
The Spanish variant of Paulus (see Paul). Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) were...
Derived from the Middle English term pace, which means "peace", this English surname has its origins.
The Spanish variant of Pachakutiq.
Signifies "changer of the world" in Quechua, from pacha "world, time" and kutiy "to return, to change" with the agentive suffix -q "doer". A 15th-cent...
Latinized form of Greek Παχώμιος (Pachomios), from Coptic Pakhom, from Egyptian pꜣ "the" and ꜥẖm "falcon". By folk etymology it was linked to Greek πα...
Signifies "peaceable" in Latin, from pax "peace" and facio "to make, to do". Saint Pacificus of San Severino was a 17th-century Italian priest and...
An Esperanto diminutive of Paul. It also means "papa" in Esperanto.
Diminutive of Francisco.
The name of a talking bear from Michael Bond's book series, debuting 1958. In the stories, he was named for Paddington train station, where his...
An Irish diminutive of Patrick.
Derived from a surname that may be a shortened version of the given name Pate, which is itself an abbreviation of Patrick. Prior to 1985, it was a...
An Old English name of unknown meaning.
The Russian variant of Paphnutius.
Diminutive of Pádraig.
From the name of a tree (species Butea monosperma) with vibrant orange-red flowers, from Sanskrit पलाश (palāśa).
Latinized form of Greek Παλλάδιος (Palladios), from Pallas 1, an epithet of Athena. Several saints bore this name.
Probably from Greek πάλλω (pallo) "to brandish". In Greek mythology, this was a Titan and several other characters.
A Danish diminutive of Paul.
Signifies "distinguished" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this was a son of Reuben.
Signifies "pilgrim" in Italian. In medieval times, it denoted someone who had made a pilgrimage to Palestine. From palma "palm tree", as pilgrims...
Signifies "God is my deliverance" in Hebrew, from פָּלַט (palaṭ) "to deliver, to rescue" and אֵל (ʾel) "God". Two Israelites in the Old Testament bear...
Signifies "friend of all" from Greek πᾶν (pan) "all" and φίλος (philos) "friend". A 4th-century saint from Caesarea in the Roman province of Syria...
The Latinized form of Pamphilos.
Possibly from Indo-European *peh- "shepherd, protect". In Greek mythology, Pan was a half-man, half-goat god of shepherds, flocks, and pastures.
From the Greek title of the Virgin Mary, Παναγία (Panagia) "all holy", from πᾶν (pan) "all" and ἅγιος (hagios) "devoted to the gods, sacred".
An alternative transliteration of Greek Παναγιώτης (see Panagiotis).
A Spanish diminutive of Francisco. Mexican bandit and revolutionary Pancho Villa (1878-1923) bore this name.
A medieval English form of Pancratius. The relics of 4th-century saint Pancratius were sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great, leading to his...
Latinized form of Greek Παγκράτιος (Pankratios), from παγκρατής (pankrates) "all-powerful", from πᾶν (pan) "all" and κράτος (kratos) "power". Early...
The Italian variant of Pancratius.
Signifies "pale, whitish, yellowish" in Sanskrit. In the Mahabharata, this is the husband of Kunti and foster-father of the five Pandavas.
From Chinese 盘 (pán) "tray, pan" and 古 (gǔ) "old, ancient". In Chinese mythology, this was the first living being.
Signifies "born of mud", a reference to the lotus flower, from Sanskrit पङ्क (paṅka) "mud" combined with ज (ja) "born". It serves as an alternative...
The Greek variant of Pancratius.
The Russian variant of Pancratius.
The German variant of Pancratius.