This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the pattern is ****.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
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".
Pennouti m Coptic (Bohairic)Means "our God" in Coptic. The name ultimately derives from Egyptian
pen "our" combined with Egyptian
nuti "God".
Pennywise m LiteraturePennywise is the main character of Stephen King's novel 'It'. It is also known as 'Pennywise the Dancing Clown'.
Pentaquod m SusquehannockMeaning unknown. Pentaquod is the name of the 16th century first character in the novel 'Chesapeake' (1978) written by J.A. Michener.
Pentecost f & m English (Puritan, Archaic)From the name of the Christian festival which commemorates the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles, celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter, ultimately deriving from Greek
pentekoste (hemera) "fiftieth (day)"... [
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Pentheus m Greek MythologyDerived from Greek πένθος
(penthos) meaning "grief, sorrow, sadness, mourning". In Greek mythology, Pentheus was the name of a king of Thebes.
Penthilus m Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Ancient Greek πένθος
(penthos) meaning "grief, sorrow, sadness, mourning" or "misery, misfortune". This was the name of two figures in Greek mythology, one a king of Messenia, the other a son of
Orestes.
Peo m SwedishSwedish diminutive of
Per-
Olof and other names with the initials P and O.
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.
Peohtwine m Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
Peohtas "Pict" and
wine "friend". The first element refers to the Picts, a group of peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth–Clyde isthmus in the Pre-Viking, Early Middle Ages... [
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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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Peppermint m English (Rare)He who is wise, he who brings peace, he who brings prosperity, hospitality, harmony, and he who learns from mistakes and grows along the journey.
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.
Perant m Arthurian CycleA duke of Manaheim who was saved by Erec from a pack of robbers. His brothers, Joachim, Perant, and Malcheus, were also abducted and liberated. Erec sent them to Arthur’s court to relate the adventure.
Percell m EnglishFrom the English surname, Percell, and occupational surname for a swineherd.
Perch m ArmenianFrom the Armenian word
պերճ (perč) meaning "magnificent".
Perdana m IndonesianMeans "first" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रधान
(pradhāna).
Perebo f & m IjawMeans "person of wealth" in Ijaw.
Perëndi m Albanian MythologyPerëndi is the Albanian word for "God", "the sky" and "heaven". Perëndi is thought to have been a sky and thunder god in the Albanian pagan mythology, and to have been worshiped by the Illyrians in antiquity.
Perfectus m Late RomanDerived from Latin
perfectus meaning "achieved, finished, completed" as well as "perfected".... [
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Pergamus m Greek MythologyEtymology uncertain, but it may be related to
πῠ́ργος (púrgos) meaning "tower, watchtower".
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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Peridot f & m English (Rare)Taken from the name of the gemstone, whose name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory, however, derives it from Anglo-Norman
pedoretés, ultimately from Greek
paiderôs (via Latin
paederos):
pais "child" and
erôs "love".... [
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Perieres m Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Ancient Greek περί
(peri) meaning "around, exceedingly" and ἦρα
(era) "service, gratification". In Greek mythology, this was the name of a king of
Messene, as well as a Theban charioteer.
Perileos m Greek MythologyDerived from Greek περί
(peri) meaning "around, near, surrounding" combined with λεώς
(leos) meaning "the people" (see
Leos), which is the Attic Greek form of ancient Greek λαος
(laos) meaning "the people"... [
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Periphas m Greek MythologyFrom Ancient Greek περίφαντος
(periphantos) meaning "seen by all; famous, conspicuous", equivalent to περί
(peri) "around, exceedingly" and φανής
(phanes) "appearing"... [
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Periphron m Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from Greek περί
(peri) meaning "around, near, surrounding". The second element is derived from either the Greek noun φρόνις
(phronis) meaning "prudence, wisdom" or the Greek verb φρονέω
(phroneo) meaning "to think" as well as "to be minded"... [
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Perkūnas m Baltic Mythology, Lithuanian (Rare)Derived from Proto-Indo-European
*perkwunos or
*perkunos, which itself is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European
*perkwus or
*perkṷu meaning "oak tree" or "fir tree"... [
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Permana m IndonesianMeans "quantity, amount, number" in Indonesian, ultimately derived from Sanskrit प्रमाण
(pramāṇa).
Perrie f & m English (Rare)Variant of
Perry and
Perri. It can also be used as a diminutive of names that begin with Per- and have the 'per' sound within the name and at the ending of the name... [
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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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Persimmon m & f English (Rare)From the name of the Persimmon, a brightly colored fruit. The word persimmon is derived from Powhatan, an Algonquian language of the eastern United States, meaning "a dry fruit".... [
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Persson m & f GermanLikely from the common Swedish surname
Persson and/or the word
person (German:
Person), which is used as a gender neutral title by some nonbinary people.
Pesah m JewishPossibly derived from the modern Hebrew for Pesach, or Passover.
Peshkop m AlbanianIt means bishop in albanian, also the city of Peshkopi comes from this name, it was a monastery around it.
Pessach m JewishName of a holiday, the original Jewish version of Passover. It is commonly given to babies born on, or close to Pessach.... [
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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.
Petermann m Medieval GermanMedieval German pet form of
Peter, as the Germanic element
man has been used as a suffix for pet forms of both masculine and feminine names since the 7th century AD.
Pethuel m Biblical, HebrewApparently means "God's opening" or "persuasion of God" in Hebrew, derived from Hebrew
pathah "to open, to allure, to persuade" combined with
el "God". In the bible, this was the name of the father of the prophet
Joel.
Pětr m SorbianSorbian form of
Peter. Jan Pětr Jordan (German: Johann Peter Jordan), born 1818, was a Sorbian philosopher.
Petrakis m GreekModern Greek diminutive of
Petros, as it contains the modern Greek diminutive suffix -άκης
(-akis). This name is typically only used informally, meaning: it does not appear on birth certificates.... [
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Petraq m AlbanianAlbanian form of
Petrakis. Unlike the original Greek name, the Albanian form is used as an official name on birth certificates.... [
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