This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the length is 4 or 5.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Payl m ManxManx palatalized form of
Paul, probably introduced from Scotland.
Pazu m Popular CultureThis is the name of one of the main characters in the Studio Ghibli movie, "Castle in the Sky".
Peang m & f KhmerFrom Chinese 平 (píng) meaning "peace".
Peep m EstonianOriginally a diminutive of
Peeter, now used as a given name in its own right.
Peeta m LiteratureThis is the name of the male protagonist in Suzanne Collins' young adult novel "The Hunger Games" and its sequels. Collins has never stated how she came up with the name but it has been speculated that it is related to
pita bread, given that the character was born into a family of bakers, or that it could be a form of
Peter.
Peihu m & f ChineseFrom 佩 (
pèi) meaning "belt ornament, pendant" and 瑚 (
hú) meaning "coral".
Peihu m & f ChineseFrom 佩 (
pèi) meaning "belt ornament, pendant" and 瑚 (
hú) meaning "coral".
Peiji m ChineseFrom 霈 (
pèi) meaning "heavy rain" and 冀 (
jì) meaning "to wish, to hope" .
Pein m & f Shipibo-ConiboFrom the Shipibo
pei meaning "wing, feather, leaf" and the genitive suffix
-n.
Pejan m KurdishEtymology uncertain, perhaps an alternate transcription of Kurdish
pêçan meaning "bandage".
Pekah m Biblical (All)From a root meaning “open”. Pekah was a king of Israel for a 20-year period beginning in about 778 B.C.E..
Pelé m Portuguese (Brazilian)Famous bearer of this name is Pelé (Born as Edson Arantes do Nascimento) and is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. ... [
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Pelin m Polish (Rare)Allegedly derived from Greek
πελινοσ (
pelinos) "black", "dark", "dark-skinned".
Pemma f & m TibetanComes from Pema (and Padma), Tibetan for Lotus. Lotus is a sacred flower in Buddhism (as well as Hinduism), a symbol for the way to enlightenment.
Penda m History, Anglo-SaxonOld English name of unknown origin. Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English Midlands.
Penda m AfricanPenda is a shortend name of the Name Pendapala meaning "to be brave" or "be brave" in the ovomba language, indigeonous to the ovamo peolple of Namibia. ... [
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Peng m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 鹏
(péng) referring to a large, legendary bird in Chinese mythology or 蓬
(péng) meaning "flourishing, prospering, vigorous", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Penn m English, Welsh MythologyMeans "head, top" in Welsh. This was the name of two characters in Welsh legend. It can also come from the English surname which was from a place name meaning "hill" in Old English.
Penni f & m FinnishRarely used as a given name. Possibly derived from
Benjamin.
Penni is a Finnish word for "penny".
Pepen m SundaneseSundanese diminutive of masculine names containing the sound
pen (or other similar sounds), such as
Ependi.
Pepo m Spanish, CatalanDiminutive of
José (Spanish) or
Josep (Catalan). Known bearers include the retired Spanish tennis player José 'Pepo' Clavet (1965-) and Spanish soccer player Josep 'Pepo' Campanera (2000-; born in Catalonia).... [
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Peppy m Popular CultureThe name of Peppy Hare, a rabbit who is a member of Team Star Fox. He is later the general of the Cornerian Army.
Perak m MalayIt means "silver". It was the fifth and most famous bendahara of the Sultanate of Malacca, Tun Perak, who served under four sultans from 1456 to 1498.
Perch m ArmenianFrom the Armenian word
պերճ (perč) meaning "magnificent".
Peri m Portuguese (Brazilian), Tupi (?)Possibly derived from Tupi
piripiri, which refers to a type of reed. This is the name of the hero of José de Alencar's novel
The Guarani (1857), a fictional member of the Goitacá people of Brazil... [
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Pesah m JewishPossibly derived from the modern Hebrew for Pesach, or Passover.
Pessi m LiteratureFrom the Finnish fairy tale
Pessi and Illusia by Yrjo Kokko, published in 1944. ... [
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Peta m ComanchePeta Nocona (d. 1864) was a chief of the Comanche band Noconi. He led his tribe during the extensive Indian Wars in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. He was the son of the Comanche chief Iron Jacket and father of chief
Quanah Parker with
Nadua... [
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Petco m Bulgarian (Anglicized)Anglicized form of
Petko borne by Mr Petco Slabenoff, a Bulgarian passenger aboard the
Titanic who died during the sinking of the ship in 1912.
Pětr m SorbianSorbian form of
Peter. Jan Pětr Jordan (German: Johann Peter Jordan), born 1818, was a Sorbian philosopher.
Petúr m Hungarian19th-century misinterpretation of
Petur which was used in medieval Hungarian records as a written form of
Pétör.
Petyr m Literature, Popular CulturePetyr Baelish is a major character in the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former. It is obviously an alternative spelling of real-world
Peter.
Peul m Limburgish (Rare)Limburgish form of
Paulus (see
Paul). It has been in use since medieval times, as is evidenced by the existence of the patronymic surname
Peulen, which is still primarily prevalent in the Limburgish language area.
Peum m Limburgish (Archaic)Medieval Limburgish variant of
Palm. It likely came about via its other variant
Paum, as
-au- is known to shift to
-eu- in some parts of the Limburgish language area... [
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Peyo m Popular CultureThe pen name of Pierre Culliford, Belgian comic artist and writer, and creator of the Smurfs.
Phái m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 湃 (
phái) meaning "surge, powerful".
Phán m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 判 (
phán) meaning "to rule, to declare".
Phấn m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 奮
(phấn) meaning "strive, exert".
Phan m & f LaoMeans "change, twist, transform" in Lao.
Phan m & f ThaiMeans "alter, change" in Thai.
Phát m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 發
(phát) meaning "distribute, issue, deliver".
Pheng m & f LaoMeans "song" or "full (moon)" in Lao.
Pheup m & f KhmerMeans "good luck, good fortune" in Khmer.
Phib m CopticFrom Egyptian
pꜣ-hb meaning "the ibis".
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.
Phira m ThaiFrom Thai พีร
(phira) meaning "brave, courageous, warrior", ultimately from Sanskrit वीर
(vira).
Phot m ThaiMeans "word, speech" in Thai.
Phou m & f LaoMeans "mountain" in Lao.
Phufa m & f ThaiFrom Thai ภู
(phu) meaning "mountain" and ฟ้า
(fa) meaning "sky, heaven".
Phui m & f LaoMeans "powdery, powdered" in Lao.
Phụng m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 鳳
(phụng) meaning "(male) phoenix".
Phuri m ThaiMeans "wisdom, intellect" or "land" or "abundance" in Thai.
Phyo m & f BurmeseMeans "bountiful, abundant" in Burmese.
Piast m Medieval PolishPiast was a legendary Polish monarch, protoplast of the Piast dynasty. The name itself might have been an alternative of piastun, which meant "the one who takes care of the prince's house and family", derived from
piastować - "to take care of"
Picus m Roman MythologyPicus was the founder of the first Latin tribe and settlement, Laurentum, located a few miles to the Southeast of the site of the later city of Rome. According to Festus he got his name as a consequence of the fact that he used to rely on a woodpecker for the purpose of divination.
Piel m Popular CultureThe name of a child character in 1982 Franco-Hungarian animated science fiction film "Les Maîtres du Temps", directed by René Laloux.
Pigma m Popular CulturePossibly from pig. This was the name of Pigma Dengar, a character in Star Fox who betrayed James McCloud and Peppy Hare in Venom and then battled the Star Fox team as a member of Team Star Wolf.
Pigol m CopticThe meaning of this name is still unknown to me at this time. This name was borne by a Coptic saint from the 5th century AD.
Pike m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Pike. May also be used in reference to the various species of fish.
Piko f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 飛 (pi) meaning "to fly" combined with 鼓 (ko) meaning "drum". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Pilo f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "bog bilberry, great bilberry, whortleberry".... [
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Pilot m English (Rare)Either from the surname
Pilot, which is derived from
Pilate, or directly from the vocabulary word
pilot, which is derived from either Greek πηδον
(pedon) "steering oar" or πλωτης
(plotes) "sailor"... [
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Pincu m RomanianRomanian form of
Pinchas. The name was born by Israel Pincu Lazarovitch (1912-2006), a Romanian-born Jewish-Canadian poet better known as Irving Peter Layton.