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Payoshni f IndianPayoshni is an ancient river mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. ... [
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Peach f English (Modern), Popular CultureDerived from the name of the fruit, which itself derived its name from Late Latin
persica, which came from older Latin
malum persicum meaning "Persian fruit." In popular culture, this is the name of the Nintendo video game character Princess Peach, whom Mario often rescues from the evil Bowser.
Peisis m & f Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion" as well as "affection, susceptibility". It is ultimately derived from Greek πείσομαι
(peisomai), which is the first-person singular future middle indicative of the Greek verbs πάσχω
(pascho) meaning "to undergo, to experience, to feel (an emotion)" and πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)".... [
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Peohtweald m Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
Peohtas "Pict" and
weald "powerful, mighty" or "authority, leader". The first element refers to the Picts, an ancient Celtic people from northern and eastern Scotland.
Pepromene f Greek MythologyMight mean either "to be furnished, fulfilled or fated" or "finite". This name is of a Greek goddess tied to destiny and the finite meaning that every life is finite.
Perna f Judeo-Italian, Judeo-GreekDerived from Greek
pernas "to pass", this name was historically given to a girl with older sisters whose parents desperately hoped for a son. They "were literally praying for the curse of daughters to pass".
Pershing m English (American)Most likely used as a first name due to John Joseph Pershing, General of the Armies for the United States at the end of World War I. His paternal ancestors were of German descent, and the original spelling was likely Pfoersching... [
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Persia f English (Rare)From the name of the Middle Eastern country
Persia, now referred to as Iran. Its name is derived from Avestan
Parsa, the ancient tribal name of the people ruled by Cyrus the Great.... [
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Pfiffigunde f LiteratureCreated by the translator Ute Eichler as the name for Princess
Smartypants (by Babette Cole). The name contains the German word
pfiffig "smart" and the German name element
GUND "war" (see, e.g.,
Hildegund).
Phaidon m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun φάος
(phaos) meaning "light", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb φαίνω
(phaino) meaning "to shine" as well as "to show, to appear". Also compare the related names
Phaedra and
Pasiphaë.... [
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Phaine f History (Ecclesiastical)Probably related to
Phaenna, or perhaps from Greek φανης (
phanes) meaning "appearing". A notable bearer was Saint Phaine of Ancyra, a 3rd-century Christian martyr... [
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Phairo f & m ThaiMeans "pleasant, sweet, melodious" in Thai.
Phairoh f & m ThaiMeans "melodious, pleasant-sounding" in Thai.
Phalak f SanskritMEANING - fruit, result, gain, a board, lath, plank, leaf. bench, a slab or tablet (for writing or painting on ; also = page, leaf), a slab at the base, any flat surface (often in comp. with parts of the body, applied to broad flat bones, the palm of the hand, the top or head of an arrow, a shield, bark (as a material for clothes), the pericarp of a lotus, a layer, the stand on which a monk keeps his turban... [
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Phayao f & m ThaiFrom the name of a province in northern Thailand, which is of uncertain meaning.
Phensi f ThaiFrom Thai เพ็ญ
(phen) meaning "full moon" and ศรี
(si) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".
Pheraby f American (South, Archaic)Apparently a Southern U.S. invention. First appears in the mid-1700s in Virginia and North Carolina. Could be a variation of
Phoebe, although it is also curiously similar to the Arabic name
Fariba.... [
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Phichit m ThaiMeans "conquer, defeat, vanquish" in Thai.
Phiên m Vietnamese"Phiên" is a derivation of "Phiến", which means "land" or "world". A man named "Phiên" means that his parents hoped him to grow up and be a leader, or at least a wealthy man. However, "Phiên" is also a suggestion to his origin, since "Phiên" also means "a far away and uncultured land" in Vietnamese.
Philiskos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun φιλίσκος
(philiskos) meaning "little friend", which consists of the Greek noun φίλος
(philos) meaning "friend" and the Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος
(-iskos).
Philonoe f Greek MythologyThe name of a number of characters in Greek mythology. Philonoe is derived from
νοέω (noeō) meaning "to intend, to perceive, to see, to understand" and
φίλος (philos) meaning "beloved".
Photon m GreekComes from the elementary particle that transmits light. From the Ancient Greek phos.
Phoukham m & f LaoFrom Lao ພູ
(phou) meaning "mountain" and ຄຳ
(kham) meaning "gold".
Phraeo f ThaiMeans "gleaming, glistening, shining" in Thai.
Phra Mae Thorani f Far Eastern MythologyThai chthonic earth goddess. Her name is derived from
พระ (phra), an honorific title,
แม่ (mae) meaning "mother" and the Pali word
dhāraṇī meaning "ground, earth".
Phryne f History, LiteratureAncient Greek nickname meaning "toad", literally "the brown animal". Phryne was a 4th-century BC hetaira or courtesan, famed for her beauty, whose stage name - like those of many hetairai - was based on a physical feature; she was called that either because of a dark complexion (*
phrynos being cognate with
brown) or because of a "snub nose" (
phrynē "a kind of toad")... [
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Phuri m ThaiMeans "wisdom, intellect" or "land" or "abundance" in Thai.
Piama f Coptic, Late GreekPiama often links to Pia, a name whose meaning is Lover, Beloved or from Latin origins meaning “pious” or “reverent” Breaking apart the last key phrase of Piama to -ama could also be in relation to Ama, a feminine name of mixed origins... [
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Piʻilani m & f HawaiianMeans "rising sky" or "to ascend to heaven," from
piʻi meaning "climb, ascend, advance, mount, rise" and
lani meaning "sky, heaven, heavenly, spiritual, royal, exalted, noble, aristocratic."... [
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Pikirayi m ShonaVow to it. Promise. Name of a Zimbabwean journalist Pikirayi Deketeke.
Pinaere f IjawPINAERE an ijaw tribe name of west Africa meaning "LIGHT SKINNED WOMAN"
Pina Pinchasah f HebrewFeminine form of Hebrew name Pinchas see
Phineas. Compound Hebrew name meaning "serpent's mouth"; from Hebrew words
peh פֶּה "mouth" and
nakhash נָחָשׁ "serpent" with the Hebrew feminine grammatical ending of the letter
Hay ה... [
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Pinikir f Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyThis was the name of the most important goddess in Elamite religion. It is uncertain what the meaning of her name was in the Elamite language. Pinikir started out as the mother-goddess (in which capacity she was also the goddess of love and fertility), making her rank above all Elamite gods - even the male ones... [
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Pinquana m ShoshoneVariant of Shoshoni name
Pina Quanah meaning "sweet-swelling", from
pihnaa "sugar, honey, sweet" and -
kwana(h) "to smell (of)". This was the original name of 19th-century Shoshone leader Chief Washakie.
Pipi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 比 (pi) meaning "the Philippines" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Piren f MapucheFrom Mapudungun verb
piren meaning "to snow, hail" (compare
Pire, derived from the noun).
Piti m ThaiMeans "joyous, happy, cheery" in Thai.
Plamedie f French (African)Contraction of the French phrase
plan merveilleux de Dieu meaning "God's wonderful plan", mainly used in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pnina f Biblical, HebrewOriginally biblical (see
Peninnah); root and meaning unknown. In modern Hebrew, considered to be a translation of "pearl" (originally a near-homonym of the Hebrew word for "pearl").
Po f & m BurmeseMeans "to exceed" in Burmese.
Pocoyo m Popular CultureDerived from Spanish
poco "little" and
yo "I (nominative form of the first person singular pronoun)". Pocoyo, a 4-year-old boy, is the title character of a computer animated children's television show that debuted in 2005.
Polemarchos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun πολέμαρχος
(polemarchos) meaning "polemarch, warlord". It consists of the Greek noun πόλεμος
(polemos) meaning "war, battle" and the Greek noun ἀρχός
(archos) meaning "leader, ruler".
Polytimos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek adjective πολύτιμος
(polytimos) meaning "much-revered", which consists of the Greek adjective πολύς
(polys) meaning "many" as well as "much" combined with the Greek verb τιμάω
(timao) meaning "to honour, to esteem, to revere".
Pomp m & f HistoryThis was what explorer, Captain William Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame, nicknamed the son of
Sacagawea. The child's real name was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau... [
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Pono m HawaiianFrom the word meaning "goodness, morality, excellence, well-being, prosperity."
Poʻokela m HawaiianFrom the word meaning "best, superior, outstanding, greatest, supreme, utmost."
Poot m American (Rare)Malik "Poot" Carr is the name of a character in the HBO drama 'The Wire' (2002-2008).
Popuri f Japanese (Modern, Rare)Japanese transliteration of
potpourri, from French
pot-pourri, a calque from Spanish
olla podrida meaning "rotten pot," referring to a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room (originally referring to a Spanish stew with a wide variety of ingredients).... [
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Potamo m Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of
Potamon. Bearers of this name include the rhetorician Potamo of Mytilene (died around 15 AD) and the philosopher Potamo of Alexandria (lived in either the 1st century BC or the 2nd century AD).
Pragyasmi f IndianNo History, this Name has two words of Indian Ancient Language "Sanskrit" words are "Pragya" which means "ENLIGHTED CONSCIOUSNESS” and "Asmi" which means "I AM"... [
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Prah f Western AfricanUsed in Ghana, West Africa among Akan peoples. Shortened form of the name of the river spirit Bohsum-Prah. Usually used together with Nana: Nana-Prah.
Prakarsha f IndianWord Prakarsha Means "Extreme Desire" in marathi langusge
Prapha f & m ThaiMeans "light" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रभा
(prabha).
Prasit m ThaiMeans "success, achievement" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रसिद्धि
(prasiddhi).
Prat m OdiaMeans "early morning" in Odia.
Prathip m & f ThaiMeans "lamp, light, lantern" in Thai.
Pratijya f IndianMEANING - promise, swear, agreement , vow, assent, acknowledge, approve... [
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Pravoslav m Czech, SlovakDerived from the Slavic elements
право (pravo) "justice, law, right" and
slava "glory".
Prawat m ThaiMeans "history, account, record" in Thai.
Prema f Roman MythologyDerived from the Latin verb
premo meaning "to press into, to press upon", referring to the insistent sex act. Although the verb usually describes the masculine role,
Augustine calls Prema
dea Mater, a mother goddess... [
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Prezi m IjawMeans "born to affluence" in Ijaw.
Prigent m BretonPrigent is a Breton name from Brittany, France. Its more ancient form being "Prit-gent" in the listed distinguished titles of the area of Quimperlé, came from the words "good/noble" (prit) and "race/lineage" (gent) and means literally "the good people" or "the noble ones" in the Breton language... [
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Prin m & f ThaiProbably from Thai ปริญญา
(bpà-rin-yaa) meaning "knowledge, understanding".
Pronax m Greek MythologyDerived from Greek πρώ
(pro) meaning "early (in the day)", a variant of πρωΐ
(proi) meaning "early in the day, during morning", and ἄναξ
(anax) meaning "master, lord, chief".... [
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Proselenos f LiteratureFrom Greek
proselênos meaning "older than the moon" or "before the moon", which was "an epithet used of the people of Arcadia, who prided themselves on their antiquity" (Sheard, 2011). This was the name of an elderly witch in Petronius' 1st-century novel 'The Satyricon'.
Prvoljub m Serbian (Rare)Derived from Slavic elements
prvi or
prvo, meaning "first, firstly" and
ljub, meaning "loved, beloved".
Prvosin m SerbianFrom Serbian
први (prvi) meaning "first" and
син (sin) meaning "son". The name is clearly given to first born sons.
Psmith m Literature'Psmith Rupert (in later incarnations Ronald Eustace) Psmith, dandyish Old Etonian (expelled) flaneur and social escapologist in the works of P.G. Wodehouse. Debuting in 'Lost Lambs' (1909; later (1935) renamed 'Enter Psmith'), he was the first of the major characters Wodehouse created... [
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Puah m BiblicalUnrelated to the female name
Puah, this name comes from the noun פה (peh), meaning "mouth". This was the name of two male characters in the Bible, a son of
Issachar and the father of the judge
Tola.
Pualei f Hawaiian (Rare)Means "lei of flower" or "child of blossom," from
pua meaning "flower, blossom" and
lei meaning "lei, garland, wreath, (figuratively) beloved child."
Pueo m & f Hawaiian (Rare)From the word referring to the Hawaiian short-eared owl, the owl being one of the more famous physical forms assumed by ʻaumākua (ancestor spirits) in Hawaiian culture, which vary.
Pumbaa m Popular Culture, SwahiliMeans "to be foolish, silly, weak-minded, careless, negligent" in Swahili. This is the name of the warthog in Disney's 'The Lion King' (1994).
Punj m IndianOrigin - Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Australian, Mauritian, Fijian, Buddhist, Sikh, ... [
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Purslane f Popular CultureFrom the name of the herb ("a small, fleshy-leaved plant that grows in damp habitats or waste places, in particular
Portulaca oleracea, a prostrate North American plant with tiny yellow flowers"), the origin of which is uncertain... [
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Pusuwan f Medieval Mongolian, History, ChineseDerived from Chinese 普 (
pu) meaning "wide, universal", 速 (
su) meaning "quick, fast" and 完 (
wan) meaning "whole, complete". It was the name of the name of an Empress of Qara Khitai.
Pwint f & m BurmeseMeans "to open, to blossom (as in a flower)" in Burmese.
Pyke m West FrisianVariant of
Pike. A notable bearer of this name is the Dutch painter Pyke Koch (1901-1991).
Pyo m KoreanDerived from the Sino-Korean word 票 (
pyo) meaning “slip of paper” or 表 (
pyo) meaning “show”. It also coincides with the Hanja 표 meaning "ox (second earthly branch)". Other characters combinations are also possible.
Pythia f Ancient GreekFrom the name of
Apollo's master priestess at Delphi, who was also known as the Oracle of Delphi. The name is derived from Πυθώ
(Pytho), which is the old name of the city of Delphi... [
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Qamar al-Din m ArabicFrom
قمر (
qamar) meaning "moon" and
الدين (
aldin) meaning "(of) the religion".
Qasṭor m Classical SyriacClassical Syriac form of
Castor, via the Greek form Κάστωρ (
Kastor). It is also the ordinary vocabulary word for both "beaver" and "quaestor, secretary", although the latter sense can also be transliterated as
qesṭōr.
Qayanat f Persian, Kurdish, Balochi, Mazanderani, Gilaki, Talysh, Tati, Luri, Qashqai, Baadi, Chitrali, Shina, LakiMeans "God Universe".
Qingmei f & m ChineseCombination of
Qing and
Mei 1. Alternatively, the first character can be used as 清 (
qīng) meaning "pure, clean," 庆 (
qìng) meaning "celebration" or 晴 (
qíng) meaning "clear/fine weather."... [
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Q'orianka f QuechuaQuechua feminine name derived from the words
qori meaning "gold" and
anka which means "eagle".