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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)... [more]

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... [more]

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... [more]

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

PADMINI   f   Indian
Means "full of lotuses" from the Sanskrit word पद्म (padma) "lotus" combined with इनी (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" (see 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   Southern 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, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian 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"... [more]

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

PALLE   m   Danish
Danish pet form of PAUL

PALLU   m   Biblical
Means "distinguished" in Hebrew... [more]

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... [more]

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'... [more]

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"... [more]

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... [more]

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"... [more]

PANFILO   m   Italian
Italian form of PAMPHILOS... [more]

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 (ja) "born"... [more]

PANKRATI   m   Russian
Russian form of PANKRATIOS

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

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"... [more]

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")... [more]

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)... [more]

PAORA   m   Maori
Maori form of PAUL

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

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 (bird)" in Persian.

PARASTU   f   Iranian
Variant of PARASTOO

PARI   f   Iranian
Means "fairy" in Persian.

PARIDE   m   Italian
Italian form of PARIS (1)

PARIS (1)   m   Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

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... [more]

PARRIS   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of PARIS (1) or PARIS (2)

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... [more]

PARTHALAN   m   Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

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

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

PARVAIZ   m   Iranian
Means "fortunate, happy" in Persian... [more]

PARVANA   f   Iranian
Means "butterfly" in Persian.

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

PARVEEN   f   Iranian
Variant of PARVIN

PARVIN   f   Iranian
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian... [more]

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"... [more]

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 (1)

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"... [more]

PASTORA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of PASTOR

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

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"... [more]

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... [more]

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"... [more]

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... [more]

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... [more]

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

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)... [more]

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, Slovene
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"... [more]

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"... [more]

PAZ   f   Spanish
Means "peace" in Spanish.

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