The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

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

PEARCE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of PIERCE

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

PEERS   m   English (Rare)
Variant of PIERS

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]

PEN   f   English
Short form of PENELOPE

PENE   f   English (Rare)
Short form of PENELOPE

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

PENNY   f   English
Diminutive of PENELOPE

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

PERCE   m   English
Short form of PERCY

PERCIVAL   m   Welsh Mythology, English
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail'... [more]

PERCY   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the name of a Norman town Perci, which was itself perhaps derived from a Gaulish personal name which was Latinized as Persius... [more]

PEREGRINE   m   English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Peregrinus, which meant "traveller"... [more]

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

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

PERNEL   f   English (Archaic)
Variant of PARNEL

PERONEL   f   English (Archaic)
Contracted form of PETRONEL

PERRY   m   English
From a surname which is either English or Welsh in origin... [more]

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

PETE   m   English
Short form of PETER

PETER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Derived from the Greek Πετρος (Petros) meaning "stone"... [more]

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

PETRINA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of PETRA

PETRONEL   f   English (Archaic)
Medieval English 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.

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

PHIL   m   English
Short form of PHILIP and various other names beginning with Phil, often a Greek element meaning "friend, dear, beloved".

PHILANDER   m   English (Archaic)
From the Greek name Φιλανδρος (Philandros) meaning "friend of man" from Greek φιλος (philos) "friend" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man"... [more]

PHILBERT   m   French (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of PHILIBERT

PHILIP   m   English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Greek name Φιλιππος (Philippos) which means "friend of horses", composed of the elements φιλος (philos) "friend" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse"... [more]

PHILIPA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of PHILIP

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

PHILIS   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PHYLLIS

PHILLIDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PHYLLIDA

PHILLIP   m   English
Variant of PHILIP, inspired by the usual spelling of the surname.

PHILLIPA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of PHILIP

PHILLIS   f   English
Variant of PHYLLIS

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]

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]

PIERCE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name PIERS.

PIERS   m   English (British), Medieval French
Medieval form of PETER... [more]

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

PIP   m   English
Diminutive of PHILIP... [more]

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

PLACID   m   English (Rare)
English form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

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

POLLIE   f   English
Variant of POLLY

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

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]

PORTER   m   English
From an occupational English surname meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.

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".

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

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]

PRESTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest town" (Old English preost and tun).

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".

PRINCE   m   English
From the English word prince, a royal title, which comes ultimately from Latin princeps... [more]

PRINCESS   f   English (Modern)
Feminine equivalent of PRINCE

PRIS   f   English
Short form of PRISCILLA

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

PRISSY   f   English
Diminutive of PRISCILLA

PROSPER   m   French, English
From the Latin name Prosperus, which meant "fortunate, successful"... [more]

PRU   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE

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

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".

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

QIANA   f   English (African American, Modern)
From the word for the silk-like material, introduced by DuPont in 1968 and popular in the fashions of the 1970s.

QUANNA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix Qua and ANNA.

QUEEN   f   English
From an old nickname which was derived from the English word, ultimately from Old English cwen meaning "woman, wife".

QUEENIE   f   English
Diminutive of QUEEN

QUENTIN   m   French, English
French form of the Roman family name Quintinus, which was originally derived from QUINTUS... [more]

QUIANA   f   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of QIANA

QUIANNA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Variant of QIANA

QUIN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of QUINN

QUINCEY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of QUINCY

QUINCY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name QUINTUS... [more]

QUINLAN   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caoinlean meaning "descendent of Caoinlean"... [more]

QUINN   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Cuinn meaning "descendent of Cuinn"... [more]

QUINTEN   m   English
Variant of QUENTIN

QUINTIN   m   English
Variant of QUENTIN

QUINTON   m   English
Variant of QUENTIN, also coinciding with an English surname meaning "queen's town" in Old English.

RACHAEL   f   English
Variant of RACHEL, the spelling probably influenced by that of Michael.

RACHEAL   f   English
Variant of RACHEL

RACHEL   f   English, Hebrew, French, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "ewe" in Hebrew... [more]

RACHELLE   f   English
Variant of RACHEL influenced by the spelling of ROCHELLE.

RACHYL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RACHEL

RACQUEL   f   English
Variant of RAQUEL

RADCLIFF   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "red cliff" in Old English.

RADCLYFFE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname, a variant of RADCLIFF.

RAE   f   English
Short form of RACHEL... [more]

RAEBURN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "stream where does drink" in Middle English... [more]

RAELENE   f   English (Rare)
Combination of RAE and the popular name suffix lene.

RAELYN   f   English (Rare)
Combination of RAE and the popular name suffix lyn.

RAFE   m   English
Variant of RALPH... [more]

RAIN   f & m   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.

RAINBOW   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the arc of multicoloured light that can appear in a misty sky.

RAINE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of REINE... [more]

RALEIGH   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English.

RALF   m   German, Scandinavian, English (Rare)
Variant of RALPH

RALPH   m   English, Scandinavian, German
Contracted form of the Old Norse name RÁÐÚLFR (or its Norman form Radulf)... [more]

RALPHIE   m   English
Diminutive of RALPH

RAMONA   f   Spanish, Romanian, English
Feminine form of RAMÓN... [more]

RAMSEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "wild-garlic island" in Old English.

RANDAL   m   English
Variant of RANDALL

RANDALL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name RANDEL.

RANDELL   m   English
Variant of RANDALL

RANDI   f   English
Feminine form of RANDY, also used as a diminutive of MIRANDA.

RANDOLF   m   English
From the Germanic elements rand meaning "rim (of a shield)" and wulf meaning "wolf"... [more]

RANDOLPH   m   English
Variant of RANDOLF... [more]

RANDY   m   English
Short form of RANDALL or RANDOLF

RAPHAEL   m   German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name רָפָאֵל (Rafa'el) which meant "God has healed"... [more]

RAQUEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English
Spanish and Portuguese form of RACHEL

RASCHELLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RACHELLE

RASHAUN   m   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the prefix Ra with the name SHAUN.

RASHAWN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the prefix Ra with the name SHAWN.

RASTUS   m   English (Rare)
Short form of ERASTUS

RAVEN   f & m   English
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English hræfn... [more]

RAVENNA   f   English (Rare)
Either an elaboration of RAVEN, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.

RAY   m   English
Short form of RAYMOND, often used as an independent name... [more]

RAYLENE   f   English (Rare)
Combination of RAY and the popular name suffix lene.

RAYMOND   m   English, French
From the Germanic name Raginmund, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and mund "protector"... [more]

RAYMUND   m   English (Rare)
Variant of RAYMOND

RAYNARD   m   English
Variant of REYNARD

RAYNER   m   English (Archaic)
From the Germanic name Raganhar, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hari "army"... [more]

READ   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of REED.

REAGAN   f & m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin meaning "descendent of Riagán"... [more]

REANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of RHIANNA

REANNON   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RHIANNON

REBA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBECCAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REBECCA

REBECCANNE   f   English (Rare)
Combination of REBECCA and ANNE (1)

REBECKAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REBECCA

REBEKAH   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Form of REBECCA used in some versions of the Bible.

RED   m   English
From the English word, ultimately derived from Old English read... [more]

REDD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of RED

REED   m   English
From an English surname which comes from multiple sources, including Old English read meaning "red" (originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion) and Old English ried meaning "clearing" (given to a person who lived in a clearing in the woods).

REENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RENÉE

REENIE   f   English (Rare)
Either a variant of RENÉE or a diminutive of names ending in reen.

REG   m   English
Short form of REGINALD

REGAN   f   English
Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin... [more]

REGANA   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of REGAN, influenced by REGINA.

REGENA   f   English
Variant of REGINA

REGGIE   m   English
Diminutive of REGINALD

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

REGINALD   m   English
From Reginaldus, a Latinized form of REYNOLD

REID   m   English
From a surname which is a variant of REED.

REILLY   m & f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which is derived from the given name Raghailleach, meaning unknown.

RENA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of RENÉ

RENAE   f   English
English variant of RENÉE

RENEE   f   English
English form of RENÉE

RENIE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive of RENEE

RENITA   f   English
Probably a feminine form of RENATUS... [more]

RETHA   f   English
Short form of MARGARETHA

REUBEN   m   Biblical, Hebrew, English
Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew... [more]

REX   m   English
From Latin rex "king"... [more]

REXANA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REXANNE

REXANNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of of ROXANE influenced by REX.

REYNARD   m   English (Rare)
From the Germanic name Raginhard, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

REYNOLD   m   English
From the Germanic name Raginald, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and wald "rule"... [more]

RHEANNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RHIANNA

RHETT   m   English
From a surname, an Anglicized form of the Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel"... [more]

RHETTA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of RHETT

RHIANNA   f   English (Modern)
Probably a short form of RHIANNON or an elaboration of RHIAN.

RHIANNON   f   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen"... [more]

RHODA   f   Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) meaning "rose"... [more]

RHONDA   f   English
Probably intended to mean "good spear" from Welsh rhon "spear" and da "good", but possibly influenced by the name of the Rhondda Valley in South Wales, which means "noisy"... [more]

RIAN   m   English
Variant of RYAN

RICA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of FREDERICA and other names ending in rica.

RICH   m   English
Short form of RICHARD

RICHARD   m   English, French, German, Czech, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

RICHARDINE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of RICHARD

RICHELLE   f   English
Feminine form of RICHARD using the popular suffix elle, probably influenced by the sound of MICHELLE.

RICHIE   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICHMAL   f   English (Rare)
Apparently a feminine combination of RICHARD and MICHAEL

RICK   m   English
Short form of RICHARD or names ending in rick.

RICKEY   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICKI   m & f   English
Masculine and feminine diminutive of RICHARD

RICKIE   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICKY   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RIDLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "reed clearing" or "cleared wood" in Old English.

RIGBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ridge farm" in Old Norse.

RIKKI   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of RICKY

RILEY   m & f   English
From a surname which is either a variant of REILLY or is derived from a place name meaning "rye clearing" in Old English.

RILLA   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps a short form of names ending in rilla.

RINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of KATHERINA or CATERINA, as well as other names ending in rina.

RIPLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "strip clearing" in Old English.

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

RITCHIE   m   English
Variant of RICHIE

RIVER   m   English (Modern)
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water... [more]