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PAAIE   f   Manx
Manx form of PEGGY

PACA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

PACÍFICA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of the Late Latin name Pacificus meaning "peacemaker".

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".

PÁDRAIGÍN   f   Irish
Irish form of PATRICIA

PAGET   f   English (Rare)
From a surname which meant "little page" (see PAIGE).

PAIGE   f   English
From an English surname meaning "servant, page" in Middle English... [more]

PAISLEY   f   English (Modern)
From a Scottish surname, originally from the name of a town, which may ultimately be derived from Latin basilica "church".

PÄIVÄ   f   Finnish
Means "day" in Finnish.

PÄIVI   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish päivä "day".

PAKPAO   f   Thai
Means "kite" in Thai.

PÁLA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of PAUL

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

PALMIRA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

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

PAM   f   English
Short form of PAMELA

PAMELA   f   English
This name was invented in the late 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 (Rare)
Variant of PAMELA

PANAGIOTA   f   Greek
Feminine form of PANAGIOTIS

PANDA   f   English (Rare)
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]

PANIZ   f   Iranian
Means "sugar" in Persian.

PANNI   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of ANNA

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

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

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

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

PAQUITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of FRANCISCA

PARASKEVE   f   Greek
Derived from Greek παρασκευη (paraskeue) meaning "preparation"... [more]

PARASKEVI   f   Greek
Variant transcription of PARASKEVE

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

PARASTU   f   Iranian
Variant of PARASTOO

PARI   f   Iranian
Means "fairy" in Persian.

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 an English occupational surname which meant "keeper of the park".

PARNEL   f   English (Archaic)
Contracted form of PETRONEL... [more]

PARRIS   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris (see PARIS (2)).

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]

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]

PASCALE   f   French
Feminine form of PASCAL

PASCALINE   f   French
Feminine form of PASCAL

PASCUALA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PASCAL

PASQUALINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of PASCAL

PASTORA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of PASTOR

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

PATIENCE   f   English
From the English word patience, ultimately from Latin patientia, a derivative of pati "to suffer"... [more]

PATRÍCIA   f   Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRICIA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Late Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PATRICIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

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

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

PATSY   f & m   Irish, English
Variant of PATTY, also used as a diminutive of PATRICK.

PATTI   f   English
Variant of PATTY

PATTIE   f   English
Variant of PATTY

PATTY   f   English
Originally a variant of Matty, a 17th-century diminutive of MARTHA... [more]

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

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

PAULEEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PAULINE

PAULENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PAULINE

PAULETTA   f   English
Latinate feminine diminutive of PAUL

PAULETTE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of PAUL

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

PAULIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of PAULINA

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

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

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

PAVLINA   f   Czech, Slovene
Diminutive of PAVLA

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

PAYTON   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of PEYTON

PAZ   f   Spanish
Means "peace" in Spanish.

PEACE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word peace, ultimately derived from Latin pax.

PEARL   f & m   English
From the English word pearl for the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks... [more]

PEARLE   f   English
Variant of PEARL

PEARLIE   f   English
Diminutive of PEARL

PEG   f   English
Short form of PEGGY

PEGGIE   f   English
Variant of PEGGY

PEGGY   f   English
Medieval variant of Meggie, a diminutive of MARGARET... [more]

PEIGI   f   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of MARGARET

PELAGEYA   f   Russian
Russian form of PELAGIA

PELAGIA   f   Ancient Greek, Polish
Feminine form of PELAGIUS... [more]

PELE   f   Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

PEMBE   f   Turkish
Means "pink" in Turkish.

PEN   f   English
Short form of PENELOPE

PENE   f   English (Rare)
Short form of PENELOPE

PÉNÉLOPE   f   French
French form of PENELOPE

PENELOPE   f   Greek Mythology, English
Possibly derived from Greek πηνελοψ (penelops), a type of duck... [more]

PENINNAH   f   Biblical
Means "precious stone" in Hebrew... [more]

PENKA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR

PENNY   f   English
Diminutive of PENELOPE

PEONY   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of flower... [more]

PEPCA   f   Slovene
Slovene diminutive of JOŽEFA

PEPITA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine diminutive of JOSEPH

PERDITA   f   Literature
Derived from Latin perditus meaning "lost"... [more]

PERELE   f   Yiddish
Variant of PERLE

PERLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of PEARL

PERLE   f   Yiddish
Means "pearl" in Yiddish, also used as a Yiddish vernacular form of MARGARET.

PERLIE   m & f   English (Rare)
From an occupational surname derived from Middle English perle "pearl", originally given to a person who traded in pearls.

PERLITA   f   Italian, Spanish
Diminutive of PERLA

PERMELIA   f   English (Archaic)
Meaning unknown, possibly an early American alteration of PAMELA.

PERNEL   f   English (Archaic)
Variant of PARNEL

PERNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of PETRONILLA

PERNILLE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of PETRONILLA

PERONEL   f   English (Archaic)
Contracted form of PETRONEL

PERPETUA   f   Spanish
Derived from Latin perpetuus meaning "continuous".

PERRINE   f   French
French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of PIERRE.

PERSEPHONE   f   Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Greek περθω (pertho) "to destroy" and φονη (phone) "murder"... [more]

PERSIS   f   Biblical
Greek name meaning "Persian woman"... [more]

PETA   f   English (Australia and New Zealand)
Feminine form of PETER

PETIA   m & f   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of PETYA

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PETRINA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of PETRA

PETRONA   f   Spanish
Possibly a feminine form of PETRONIUS

PETRONEL   f   English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of PETRONILLA

PETRONELA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of PETRONILLA

PETRONELLA   f   Dutch, German, Swedish
Dutch, German and Swedish form of PETRONILLA

PETRONIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of PETRONIUS

PETRONILLA   f   Italian, Late Roman
From a Latin name, a feminine diminutive of PETRONIUS... [more]

PÉTRONILLE   f   French
French form of PETRONILLA

PETULA   f   English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, created in the 20th century... [more]

PETUNIA   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, derived ultimately from a Tupi (South American) word.

PETYA   m & f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian masculine diminutive of PYOTR or Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR.

PEYTON   m & f   English
From a English surname, originally a place name meaning "Pœga's town"... [more]

PHAEDRA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Φαιδρα (Phaidra), derived from φαιδρος (phaidros) meaning "bright"... [more]

PHEBE   f   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of PHOEBE used in some translations of the New Testament.

PHEMIE   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA

PHEOBE   f   English
Variant of PHOEBE

PHERENIKE   f   Ancient Greek
Ancient Attic Greek form of BERENICE

PHILADELPHIA   f   Biblical
From the name of a city in Asia Minor mentioned in Revelation in the New Testament... [more]

PHILE   f   Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Φιλων (Philon) (see PHILO).

PHILIPA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of PHILIP

PHILIPPA   f   English (British), German
Latiniate feminine form of PHILIP

PHILIPPINA   f   German (Rare)
Elaborated form of PHILIPPA

PHILIPPINE   f   French
Elaborated feminine form of PHILIPPE

PHILIS   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PHYLLIS

PHILLIDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PHYLLIDA

PHILLIPA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of PHILIP

PHILLIS   f   English
Variant of PHYLLIS

PHILOMEL   f   Literature
From an English word meaning "nightingale"... [more]

PHILOMELA   f   Greek Mythology
From Greek Φιλομηλα (Philomela) which meant "friend of song" from φιλος (philos) "friend" and μελος (melos) "song"... [more]

PHILOMENA   f   English, German, Late Greek
Means "friend of strength" from Greek φιλος (philos) "friend" and μενος (menos) "strength"... [more]

PHOEBE   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos)... [more]

PHOENIX   m & f   English (Modern)
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird which appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology... [more]

PHOIBE   f   Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of PHOEBE

PHOTINE   f   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek φως (phos) meaning "light"... [more]

PHUONG   f   Vietnamese
Means either "phoenix" or "direction" in Vietnamese.

PHYLISS   f   English
Variant of PHYLLIS

PHYLLIDA   f   English (Rare)
From Φυλλιδος (Phyllidos), the genitive form of PHYLLIS... [more]

PHYLLIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German
Means "foliage" in Greek... [more]

PÍA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PIUS

PIA   f   Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

PICH   f & m   Khmer
Means "diamond" in Khmer.

PIEDAD   f   Spanish
Means "mercy" in Spanish.

PIERA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of PETER

PIERINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of PIETRO

PIERRETTE   f   French
Feminine diminutive of PIERRE

PIETRA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of PETER

PIETRINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of PIETRO

PIETRONELLA   f   Dutch
Variant of PETRONELLA

PIETY   f   English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "piety, devoutness"... [more]

PIIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of PIA

PILAR   f   Spanish
Means "pillar" in Spanish... [more]

PILI   f   Spanish
Diminutive of PILAR

PILOQUTINNGUAQ   f   Native American
Means "little leaf" in Greenlandic.

PILVI   f   Finnish
Means "a cloud" in Finnish.

PINA   f   Italian
Short form of names ending in pina.

PINAR   f   Turkish
Means "spring" in Turkish.

PING   m & f   Chinese
Means "peaceful, level" in Chinese.

PINJA   f   Finnish
Means "stone pine" in Finnish.

PIPALUK   f   Native American
Means "nurse" in Greenlandic.

PIPER   f   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute)... [more]

PIPPA   f   English
Diminutive of PHILIPPA

PIPRA   f   Esperanto
Means "peppery" in Esperanto.

PIRI   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of PIROSKA

PIRITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of BIRGITTA

PIRJO   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of PIRITTA

PIRKKO   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of PIRITTA

PIROSKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of PRISCA

PLACIDA   f   Late Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

PLACIDE   f   French
French feminine form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

PLEASANCE   f   English (Archaic)
From the medieval name Plaisance which meant "pleasant" in Old French.

POCAHONTAS   f   History, Native American
Means "she is playful" in Algonquin... [more]

POLINA   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Short form of APOLLINARIYA

POLLIE   f   English
Variant of POLLY

POLLY   f   English
Medieval variant of MOLLY... [more]

POLLYANNA   f   Literature
Combination of POLLY and ANNA... [more]

POLONA   f   Slovene
Short form of APOLONIJA

POLYHYMNIA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of POLYMNIA

POLYMNIA   f   Greek Mythology
Means "much song" from Greek πολυς (polys) "much" and ‘υμνος (hymnos) "song, hymn"... [more]

POLYXENA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Πολυξενη (Polyxene) which meant "many foreigners", derived from πολλοι (polloi) "many" and ξενοι (xenoi) "foreigners, strangers"... [more]

POMONA   f   Roman Mythology
From Latin pomus "fruit tree"... [more]

POMPONIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of POMPONIUS

POORNIMA   f   Indian
Variant transcription of PURNIMA

POPPY   f   English (British)
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.

PORSCHE   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the German car company, which was founded by Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951)... [more]

PORTIA   f   English
Feminine form of the Roman family name Porcius, meaning "pig", used by William Shakespeare for the heroine of his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596)... [more]

POSIE   f   English
Variant of POSY

POSY   f   English
Diminutive of JOSEPHINE... [more]

PRAISE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word praise, which is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Late Latin preciare, a derivative of Latin pretium "price, worth".

PRANVERA   f   Albanian
Derived from Albanian pranverë "spring".

PRASKOVIYA   f   Russian
Variant transcription of PRASKOVYA

PRASKOVYA   f   Russian
Russian form of PARASKEVE

PRATIBHA   f   Indian
Means "light, splendour, intelligence" in Sanskrit.

PRATIMA   f   Indian
Means "image, likeness, reflection" in Sanskrit.

PRAXIS   f   Greek Mythology
Means "practical" in Greek... [more]

PRECIOUS   f   English (Modern)
From the English word precious, ultimately derived from Latin pretiosus, a derivative of Latin pretium "price, worth".

PREETI   f   Indian
Variant transcription of PRITI

PREMA   f   Indian
Feminine form of PREM

PRESLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest clearing" (Old English preost and leah)... [more]

PRIITA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of BRITA

PRIMITIVA   f   Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of PRIMITIVUS... [more]

PRIMROSE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".

PRIMULA   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the flower, another name for the primrose, which is derived from the Latin word primulus meaning "very first".

PRINCESS   f   English (Modern)
Feminine equivalent of PRINCE

PRIS   f   English
Short form of PRISCILLA

PRISCA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Feminine form of Priscus, a Roman family name which meant "ancient" in Latin... [more]

PRISCILA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of PRISCILLA

PRISCILLA   f   English, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Roman name, a diminutive of PRISCA... [more]

PRISKA   f   Biblical Greek
Form of PRISCA used in the Greek New Testament.

PRISKILLA   f   Biblical Greek
Form of PRISCILLA used in the Greek New Testament.

PRISSY   f   English
Diminutive of PRISCILLA

PRITHA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "the palm of the hand" in Sanskrit... [more]

PRITI   f   Indian
Means "pleasure, joy, love" in Sanskrit.

PRIYA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "beloved" in Sanskrit... [more]

PROSERPINA   f   Roman Mythology
Means "to emerge" in Latin... [more]

PROSERPINE   f   Roman Mythology
Variant of PROSERPINA

PRU   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE

PRUDENCE   f   English
Medieval form of Prudentia, a feminine form of PRUDENTIUS... [more]

PRUDENCIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PRUDENTIUS

PRUE   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE

PRUNELLA   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of flower, also called self-heal, ultimately a derivative of the Latin word pruna "plum".

PSYCHE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "the soul", derived from Greek ψυχω (psycho) "to breathe"... [more]

PTOLEMAIS   f   Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Ptolemaios (see PTOLEMY).

PURDIE   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the Norman French expression pur die "by God"... [more]

PURNIMA   f   Indian
Means "the night or day of the full moon" in Sanskrit.

PUSHPA   f   Indian
Means "flower" in Sanskrit.

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