Names starting with P
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The Portuguese variant of Perpetua.
From Latin perpetuus signifying "continuous". A 3rd-century saint martyred alongside another woman named Felicity bore this name.
The French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of Pierre.
From an English or Welsh surname. It can derive from Middle English perrie "pear tree", or from Welsh ap Herry meaning "son of Herry". A notable...
A modern Greek transcription of Persephone.
Of uncertain meaning, probably of Pre-Greek origin, though perhaps connected to Greek πέρθω (pertho) "to destroy" and φόνος (phonos) "murder". In...
Possibly from Greek πέρθω (pertho) signifying "to destroy". In Greek mythology, Perseus was a hero credited with founding the ancient city of...
A Greek name signifying "Persian woman". She is mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament.
A Roman cognomen signifying "persistent, stubborn" in Latin. Publius Helvius Pertinax, known simply as Pertinax, served briefly as Roman emperor in...
The Finnish variant of Bartholomew.
From Old Slavic perunŭ signifying "thunder". In Slavic mythology, Perun was the god of lightning and the sky, sometimes regarded as the supreme...
A diminutive of Petr or Petra.
A diminutive form of Petr or Petra.
The Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian variant of Peter.
Derived from Greek Πέτρος (Petros) signifying "stone". This is a translation used in most versions of the New Testament of the name Cephas, signifying...
A Hungarian diminutive of Peter.
From Bulgarian петък (petak), Macedonian петок (petok) or Serbian петак (petak) signifying "Friday". This is a vernacular form of Paraskeve. It can...
A feminine form of Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city, now a notable archaeological site in Jordan.
A diminutive of Petrana.
Anglicized form of the surname of Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), an Italian Renaissance poet and scholar. His surname was patronymic, originally Petr...
The Lithuanian variant of Peter.
The Romanian, Macedonian and Georgian form of Peter.
A Romanian diminutive of Peter.
A diminutive of Petr.
A diminutive of Petra.
The medieval English form of Petronilla.
The Romanian and Slovak variant of Petronilla.
The Dutch, Swedish and Hungarian variant of Petronilla.
The Spanish variant of Petronilla.
From a Latin name, a diminutive of Petronia, the feminine form of Petronius. An obscure 1st-century Roman saint bore this name, later believed to...
The French variant of Petronilla.
The Greek and Armenian variant of Peter.
A medieval diminutive of Pietro.
A variant of Petruccio used by Shakespeare in his play The Taming of the Shrew (1593) for the suitor of Katherina.