Submitted Names Starting with P

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Paja m Serbian
Diminutive of Pavle.
Pajabí f Romani (Caló)
Caló form of Thekla.
Pajhnubhli f Hmong
Derived from Hmong paj meaning "flower" and hnub meaning "sun".
Pajlug f Hmong
Means "poetry" or "song" in Hmong.
Pajntaub f Hmong
Derived from Hmong paj meaning "flower" and ntaub meaning "cloth", ultimately referring to a kind of flowery embroidery.
Pajo m Croatian
Diminutive of Pavao.
Pâjoĸ f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Pajram m Mari
Means "holiday" in Mari.
Pajramal m Mari
Variant form of Pajram.
Pajsije m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Paisius.
Pajtim m Albanian
Derived from Albanian pajtim "accord, accordance; placation, conciliation".
Pajtime f Albanian
Feminine form of Pajtim.
Pajtshiab f Hmong
Derived from Hmong paj meaning "flower" and tshiab meaning "new".
Pajtwag f Hmong
Means blossom in Hmong
Pâjuk m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "oarsman", "rowing one" (in a kayak).
Pákaitseĸ f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Paka Wara f Aymara
From the Aymara paka meaning "eagle" and wara wara meaning "star".
Pakdil f Kurdish
From the Kurdish pak meaning "immaculate" and dil meaning "heart".
Pakelika m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Patrick.
Pakhangba m Manipuri
Pakhangba is the supreme God of the Meitei tradition as well as Manipuri mythology that is used as a heraldic emblem in Manipur.
Pakhangcha m Manipuri
Means "descended from god Pakhangba" in Meitei.
Pakhet f Egyptian Mythology
Means "she who scratches" in Ancient Egyptian. This was the name of a lion-headed war goddess.
Pakhom m Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian name meaning "he of the (holy) falcon," consisting of the Egyptian masculine prefix (or article/pronoun) pa combined with Egyptian akhom "falcon, eagle". The falcon was the symbol of the Egyptian god Horus, so one could say that this name essentially means "he who belongs to Horus."
Pakhomij m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Pachomius.
Pakhomiy m Russian
Russian form of Pachomius.
Pakhomy m Russian
Variant transcription of Pakhomiy. A known bearer of this name was the Russian revolutionary Pakhomy Andreyushkin (1865-1887).
Paki m Maori
This name in English means fine weather. It's also a male personal name. This was the name of a Waikato Chief. This was the name of Paki Whara a Ngati Tama Elder who in the 1800s gather information on the Moriori and Chatham Islands which contributed to the invasion of Chatham Islands.
Pakian m Russian
Russian form of Pacianus (see Paciano).
Pakile m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Basil 1.
Pakiza f Urdu, Azerbaijani
Derived from Persian پاكىز (pakiz) meaning "clean, pure, chaste".
Pakize f Crimean Tatar
Derived from Persian پاکیزه (pâkize) meaning "tidy, neat, clean".
Pakku m Japanese
Pakku means the word, "パック" (pack). Also the name is used in the show, "Avatar: The Last Airbender".
Pakomio m Rapanui
This was the name of Pakomio Maori, the husband of prophetess Angata (d. 1915). This is not only a first name but last name as well.
Pakon m Thai
Means "story, book, scripture, composition" in Thai.
Pakonchai m Thai (Rare)
From Thai ปกรณ์ (pakon) meaning "story, book, scripture, composition" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".
Pakorn m Thai
Alternate transcription of Pakon.
Pakornchai m Thai
Alternate transcription of Pakonchai.
Pakosław m Polish
The name is composed of the Old Polish elements 'Pako' meaning "more; again" and 'sław' meaning "glory."
Pakosława f Polish
Feminine form of Pakosław.
Pakota m Indigenous American, Yavapai
Means "big man" in Yavapai. Name borne by a 19th century Yavapai leader that attended a peace conference with Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.
Pakphoom m Thai
Alternate transcription of Phakphum.
Pakphum m Thai
Alternate transcription of Phakphum.
Pakpoom m Thai
Alternate transcription of Phakphum.
Pakpum m Thai
Alternate transcription of Phakphum.
Paks f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Pax.
Paksskii f Siksika
Means "broad face" in Siksika.
Paksyaltya f Mordvin
Means "field" in Erzya.
Paksyut m Mordvin
From пакся (paksya) meaning "field".
Pakuna f Miwok (?)
Allegedly a variant of Pukuna, a Miwok name meaning "deer jumping when running downhill".
Pakur m Old Persian
Of Middle Iranian origin, most likely Parthian. The meaning of this name is uncertain, but sources regularly associate it with Parthian bgpwhr or bag-puhr meaning "son of a god".... [more]
Pakuri f Guarani
Means "wild plant, wild fruit" in Guarani.
Pakuteh m Mende
Means "powerful man" or "strong man" in Mende.
Pàl m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish form of Paul.
Pal m Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of Pál.
Paladdya f Udmurt
Udmurt form of Pelagia.
Paladin m Literature
The name of two Tolkien characters.
Paladio m Spanish
Spanish form of Palladius.
Palaemon m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Palaimon. This name was borne by several characters in Greek mythology.... [more]
Palaestra f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek παλαιστής (palaistes) meaning "wrestler" or the verb παλαιστέω (palaisteo) "to thrust away with the hand" (from παλαιστή (palaiste) "palm of the hand", a later form of παλαστή (palaste))... [more]
Palag f Veps
Veps form of Pelagia.
Palaga f Karelian, Finnish (Rare)
A Karelian form of Pelagia.
Palagi f Mari
Mari form of Pelageya
Palagna f Ukrainian
Ukrainian diminutive of Pelageya.
Pălăguța f Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Palaimon m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek verb παλαιμονέω (palaimoneo) meaning "to wrestle, to fight", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb παλαίω (palaio) meaning "to wrestle"... [more]
Palaina m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Blaine and Brian.
Palaja f Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Pallas 1.
Palaka m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Bart.
Palakalei m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Bradley
Palakiko m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Francis.
Palakine f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Francine.
Palamed m Bulgarian (Rare)
Bulgarian form of Palamedes.
Palamedes m Greek Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Possibly derived from Greek πάλαι (palai) "long ago, in days of yore" and μῆδος (mêdos) "plans, schemes" (itself from the verb μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to plan")... [more]
Palan m Kurdish
Means "saddle" in Kurdish.
Palanaka f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Blanche.
Palani m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Frank.
Palanivel m Indian, Tamil
From Tamil பழனி (Paḻaṉi), the name of a town in Tamil Nadu, India, and வேல் (vēl) referring to a divine spear in Hindu mythology.
Palapala f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Barbara.
Palapi f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Barbie.
Palash m Indian
The name of a flower that grows in a tree also called "flame of the forest".
Palashka f Khanty, Mansi
Khanty and Mansi form of Pelagia.
Palatia f Late Roman
Name of an early Roman Christian Saint and Martyr.
Palatin f Khakas
Khakas form of Valentina.
Palatyne f Arthurian Romance
The name of the sister of Melusine in the English translation of the story.
Pālau m & f Hawaiian
From the Hawaiian word which can mean "to tell tall tales, talk", "war club", or "taro".
Palavand m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of the medieval Persian name Pahlavan (see Pahlavon).... [more]
Palay m Pashto
Means "caretaker" in Pashto.
Palazia f Italian
Italian form of Palatia.
Palben m Basque
Basque form of Flavianus.
Palchen m & f Tibetan
Means "most glorious" in Tibetan.
Palcock m Medieval English
Diminutive of Paul.
Paldar m Kurdish
Perhaps from pal meaning "hill" and dar meaning "tree, wood" in Kurdish.
Palden m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan དཔལ་ལྡན (dpal ldan) meaning "glorious, illustrious, splendous".
Paldon m & f Tibetan
Meaning unknown.
Paleka m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Barrett.
Palemón m Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Palaimon via its latinized form Palaemon.
Palemona f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Palemon.
Palemonas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Palaimon via its latinized form Palaemon.
Palemone m Italian (Archaic)
Italian form of Palaimon via its latinized form Palaemon.
Palen m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch word meaning “Poles”.
Palenaka f & m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Brenda and Brent.
Palentina f Arthurian Romance
A sister of Melusine.
Palestina f Obscure
From the place name Palestina. Also compare Falasteen.
Paley f English (Modern, Rare)
Modern name, probably based on the sounds found in other names such as Paisley and Hayley; in other words, a combination of the popular phonetic elements pay and lee... [more]
Pálfríður f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Paulfrid.
Palgun m Nivkh
From Nivkh paln meaning "mountain", indicating a child born in the mountains.
Pali m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Barry.
Palia f German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German short form of Apollonia.
Paliitalik m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Palîtalik.
Paliitsiit m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Palîtsît.
Palika m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Blake.
Palika f Hungarian
Diminutive form of Paula or Paulina.
Palikapu m Hawaiian
Means “sacred cliff” in Hawaiian.
Palikka f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Palíka.
Palila f & m Hawaiian, Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of a bird.... [more]
Pálína f Icelandic
Feminine form of Páll. In other words, you could also say that Pálína is the Icelandic form of Paulina.... [more]
Palina f Albanian
Feminine form of Pal.
Påline f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian feminine form of Paul.
Palioxis f Greek Mythology
The Greek mythological personification of backrush or retreat in battle.
Palitchoke m Thai
Means "produce luck" in Thai.
Palîtsît m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Fritz.
Paliusia f Belarusian
Diminutive of Palina.
Palk m Korean Mythology
In Korean mythology, he is the sun god and founder of the realm of light.
Palki f Indian, Punjabi
Possibly derived from Hindi पालकी (palki) "palanquin", ultimately from Sanskrit, or from Punjabi ਪਲਕ (palak) "eyelid; eyeblink, instant", borrowed from Persian.
Palko m Dutch (Rare)
Meaning unknown, possibly of Frisian origin.
Pallade f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Pallas 1.
Palladia f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Palladios.
Palladio m Italian
Italian form of Palladius.
Palladios m Late Greek, History (Ecclesiastical)
Means "belonging to Pallas" in Greek, Pallas 1 being an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena.
Palladius m Ancient Greek (Latinized), Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinized form of the Greek name Παλλάδιος (Palladios) meaning "of Pallas" or "belonging to Pallas", Pallas 1 being an epithet of the goddess Athena... [more]
Pallando m Literature
Meaning unknown. Was the name of one of the two mysterious Blue Wizards from the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Pallene f Greek Mythology
Likely related to Pallas 1. In Greek Mythology, it was the the name of one of the Alkyonides, as well as the name of a daughter of King Sithon.
Palleq m & f Greenlandic
Younger form of Patdleĸ.
Pállfríða f Faroese
Faroese form of Paulfrid.
Palli m Faroese
Faroese form of Palle.
Pallie f English
Either a variant of Polly or a diminutive of Opal, Pauline, or other names containing Pal- or Paul-.
Pallieter m Literature, Popular Culture, Flemish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
In Dutch literature, Pallieter is the name of the eponymous character of the novel Pallieter (1916) written by the Flemish author and poet Felix Timmermans (1886-1947). A film based on the novel was released in 1975 under the same title.... [more]
Pallop m Thai
Alternate transcription of Phanlop.
Palm m Medieval Italian (Rare)
Masculine form of Palma.
Pálma f Faroese, Hungarian
Faroese and Hungarian form of Palma.
Palma f Spanish, Croatian (Rare), Italian, Medieval Italian, Catalan, Norwegian (Rare)
Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Croatian word for "palm". This name typically referred to Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, and was historically given to girls born on this day.
Palme m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Pálmi. This is also a Swedish surname. The name was adopted by a notable Swedish family in honor of their ancestor Palme Lyder (born 1570s, died 1630), a merchant who immigrated to Sweden from the Netherlands or Germany in the early 1600s.
Palmerio m Medieval Italian
Italian cognate of Palmer.
Pálmey f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic name of uncertain derivation, possibly a feminine form of Pálmi using the Old Norse suffix ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune"... [more]
Pálmfríður f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of Pálmi and the Old Norse element fríðr meaning "beautiful", originally "beloved".
Pálmi m Icelandic
Means "palm tree" in Icelandic.
Palmina f Italian, Swedish
Diminutive of Palma.
Palmino m Italian
Masculine form of Palmina. This name is usually given to an infant male born on Palm Sunday.
Palmire f French, French (Belgian), Walloon
French variant and Walloon form of Palmyre.
Palmo f Tibetan
Means "highly praised, most glorious" in Tibetan.
Palmýra f Czech, Slovak, Greek
Czech, Slovak and Greek form of Palmyra.
Palmyre f French, Norman
French form of Palmira. This also coincides with the French name of the ancient oasis city of Syria, known in English as Palmyra.
Pálnatóki m Norse Mythology
Possibly means "Tóki son of Pálni", from the names Pálni and Tóki. Pálnatóki was a legendary Danish hero and chieftain of the island of Fyn.
Pálni m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Palni.
Palni m Old Norse, Old Danish
The origin and meaning is uncertain. Some theories include, from Old Danish pólina meaning "pole" or from Old Danish páll meaning "pole".
Palo m Greenlandic
Short form of Paluk.
Palo f Spanish
Diminutive of Paloma.
Palóma f Hungarian
Hungarian borrowing of Paloma.
Palomba f Judeo-Spanish, Medieval Italian
Either a Judeo-Spanish form of Paloma or derived from Vulgar Latin palumba "dove; pigeon".
Palomita f Spanish
Diminutive of Paloma.
Palona m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Baron / Barron.
Palònia f Sardinian
Sardinian form of Apollonia.
Palpatine m Popular Culture
Emperor Palpatine the main villain of the star wars saga
Pálrún f Icelandic (Rare)
Formed from Pála and the Old Norse name suffix rún meaning "secret lore, rune".
Palsang m & f Tibetan
Means "glorious" in Tibetan.
Palthanor m Greek Mythology
Hellenized form of an Indian name, of which both the original form and the meaning are unknown.... [more]
Palti m Hebrew
Means "my escape, my deliverance" in Hebrew.
Paltiël m Dutch
Dutch form of Paltiel.
Paltith f Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
The name of one of Lot's daughters according to the lost Book of Jasher.
Palu m Greenlandic
Younger form of Palo.
Paluan m Karakalpak
Means "wrestler" in Karakalpak.
Paluk m Greenlandic
Means "dear" or "little" in Greenlandic.
Palulop m Polynesian Mythology
Allegedly a sea god of the Caroline Islands.
Paluongia f Romansh
Romansch form of Apollonia, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Palush m Albanian
Albanian form of Paulus.
Palutena f Popular Culture
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Pallas-Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, or the word parthena, meaning "virgin" in Greek (see Parthenia)... [more]
Pälvi f Finnish (Rare)
From Finnish word pälvi, meaning a snow free patch on the ground, melted by the sun.
Palwan m Turkmen (Rare)
Turkmen form of Palvan, which is a medieval Persian contraction of the Persian name Pahlavan (see Pahlavon).
Pamahas f Paiute
Means "meadows" in Paiute.
Pamala f English
Variant of Pamela.
Pamantaquash m Wampanoag
Name of the "pond sachem" of Assawamsett.
Pamáquio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Pammachius.
Pamaquio m Spanish
Spanish form of Pammachius.
Pambe m Eastern African, Swahili
Means "decorated" in Swahili.
Pambo m Ancient Greek, Coptic
May be derived from Greek elements πᾶν (pan), meaning "all", and φωνή (phone), meaning "voice". May be related to Pammon (Πάμμων)... [more]
Pambugh f Armenian
Possibly from the Azerbaijani pambıq meaning "cotton".
Paméla f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Pamela.
Pamelina f English
Perhaps an elaboration of Pamela.
Pamelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Pamela using the name suffix lyn.
Pamfil m Croatian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Lengadocian, Provençal, History (Ecclesiastical)
Croatian, Romanian, Languedocian and Provençal form of Pamphilus.
Pàmfila f Catalan (Rare, ?)
Catalan feminine form of Pamphilus.
Pamfile m Gascon, Provençal
Gascon and Provençal form of Pamphilus.
Pamfili f Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek transcription of Pamphile.
Pamfilos m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek transcription of Pamphilos.
Pami f English
Diminutive of Pamela.
Pamiaĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning 'terminal peg of harpoon'.
Pamiaq f Greenlandic
Younger form of Pamiaĸ.
Pamilekunayo m & f Yoruba
Means "cause me to cry tears of joy" in Yoruba.
Pamína f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Pamina.
Pamina f German, Theatre
Pamina is a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte in German, 1791).
Pâmio f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Pamiu m Ancient Egyptian
Male version of Paamiu
Pammachio m Italian
Italian form of Pammachius.
Pammachius m Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of a Greek name that probably consisted of the Greek elements παν (pan) "all" and μαχη (mache) "battle", which effectively gives the name the meaning of "the one who fights all"... [more]
Pammachiusz m Polish (Archaic)
Archaic Polish form of Pammachius.
Pammakhiy m Russian (Archaic)
Archaic Russian form of Pammachius.
Pammerope f Greek Mythology
Perhaps from Greek παμ- (pam-), a variant of παν (pan) "all, every", combined with μέροψ (merops) "dividing the voice, articulate" or "bee-eater" (species Merops apiaster; compare Merops, Merope)... [more]
Pammie f English
Diminutive of Pamela.
Pammy f English
Diminutive of Pamela.
Pammye f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Pammy.
Pamoun m Coptic
Means "of Amon" or "he who belongs to Amon" in Coptic. The name ultimately derives from the Egyptian masculine prefix (or article/pronoun) pa combined with Amoun, the Coptic form of Amon.
Pampa m South American (Modern, Rare)
Probably derived from the Spanish word pampa "steppe, prairie".
Pamphiel m Dutch (Archaic), Flemish (Archaic)
Dutch form of Pamphilus via its French form Pamphile.
Pamphile f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of Pamphilos. This was the name of a legendary woman who invented silk weaving on the Greek island of Kos. A historic bearer was Pamphile of Epidaurus, a 1st-century historian who was much esteemed in antiquity for her Historical Commentaries... [more]
Pampinea f Literature
Derived from Latin pampineus meaning "garlanded with vine-leaves, flourishing". The Italian novelist Boccaccio used this name in his work The Decameron (1350), where it belongs to one of the seven young women at the heart of the story (alongside Fiammetta, Filomena, Emilia, Lauretta, Neifile, and Elissa).... [more]
Pamuk m Turkish
Means "cotton" in Turkish.
Pamungkas m Javanese
Means "final, ultimate" in Javanese.
Pamvo m History (Ecclesiastical)
Romanian, Ukrainian and Russian form of Pambo. Pamvo (non-canonical name Pavlo) Berynda was a Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monk who created one of the oldest bilingual Church Slavic-Old Ukrainian dictionaries.
Pamyk f Turkmen (Rare)
Means "cotton wool" in Turkmen.
Pana m Inuit Mythology
In Inuit mythology, Pana was the god who cared for souls in the underworld (Adlivun) before they were reincarnated.... [more]
Panacea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Πανάκεια (Panakeia), from Greek πανακής (panakês) "all-healing". This word, πανάκεια (panakeia), was used of various herbs reputed to have universal healing powers, and was personified as a goddess of remedies, cures and universal healing, daughter to Asclepius and Epione... [more]
Panadda f Thai
Alternate transcription of Panatda.
Panaetius m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Panaitios. Bearers of this name include the Stoic philosopher Panaetius of Rhodes (2nd century BC) and a Greek tyrant of Leontini in Sicily (7th century BC).
Panagiotes m Late Greek
Ancient Greek form of Panagiotis.
Panagioti m Italian (Rare), Greek
Italian form and Greek variant of Panagiotis.
Panagiotitsa f Greek
Diminutive of Panagiota.
Panagioula f Greek
Diminutive of Panagiota.
Panagis m Greek
Diminutive of Panagiotis.
Pənah m Azerbaijani
Derived from Persian پناه (panâh) meaning "shelter, refuge, protection".
Panaiota f Greek (Rare, Expatriate, ?)
Alternate transcription of Greek Παναγιωτα (see Panagiota).
Panait m Romanian
Romanian form of Panagiotis via Panaghiot.
Panaitios m Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek adjective παναίτιος (panaitios) meaning "cause of all, to whom all the guilt belongs". It is a compound word, of which the first element consists of πᾶν (pan), the neuter singular of Greek πᾶς (pas) meaning "all, every, each"... [more]
Panajiotis m Greek
Variant transcription of Panagiotis.