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Padelis m Greek (Rare)
Variant transcription of Pantelis

Pafnoutios m Greek (Archaic)
Modern Greek form of Paphnoutios (see Paphnutius).

Pafsanias m Greek
Modern Greek form of Pausanias. A known bearer of this name was the Greek army officer and politician Pafsanias Katsotas (1896-1991).

Paisios m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Païsios.

Pamfilos m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek transcription of Pamphilos.

Pamuk m Turkish
Means "cotton" in Turkish.

Panagioti m Italian (Rare), Greek
Italian form and Greek variant of Panagiotis.

Panagis m Greek
Diminutive of Panagiotis.

Panajiotis m Greek
Variant transcription of Panagiotis.

Panayis m Greek
Diminutive of Panayiotis.

Panayotis m Greek
Variant transcription of Panagiotis.

Pandelis m Greek
Variant of Pantelis.

Panikos m Greek (Cypriot)
Diminutive of Panagiotis.

Pantelakis m Greek
Modern Greek diminutive of Pantelis, 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.

Pantoleon m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Pantaleon.

Paphos m Early Jewish (Archaic), Turkish (Archaic), Ancient Greek
Lulianos and Paphos were two wealthy Jewish brothers who lived in Laodicea on the Lycus in Anatolia in the second century CE and who suffered martyrdom at the hands of the Roman legate.

Pappos m Greek

Parascevas m Greek (Rare), Late Greek (Latinized)
Alternate transcription of Greek Παρασκευας (see Paraskevas).

Paris m Greek
Diminutive of Paraskevas.

Pars m Turkish (Rare)
Means "leopard" in Turkish.

Parthenios m Ancient Greek, Greek
Masculine form of Parthenia.

Parthenis m Greek
Variant of Parthenios.

Pascalis m Medieval Latin, Dutch (Rare), Greek
Variant of Paschalis (see Pascal) as well as an alternate transcription of modern Greek Πασχάλης (see Paschalis).... [more]

Paschos m Greek (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be a short form of Paschalis.

Pastolis m Greek
Short form, or variant form, of Apostolis.

Pasxalis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Πασχάλης (see Paschalis).

Patrikios m Late Roman (Hellenized), Greek (Archaic)
Hellenized form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Pavlakis m Greek
Modern Greek diminutive of Pavlos, 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.

Pavlinos m Greek
Modern Greek spelling of Paulinos, which is the ancient Greek form of Paulinus.

Pekcan m Turkish
Derived from Turkish pek meaning "many, much" and can meaning "life, soul".

Peris m Greek
Short form of Periandros and Periklis.

Perseas m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Perseus.

Pertev m Ottoman Turkish, Turkish (Rare)
From Persian پرتو (partow) meaning "ray of light".

Perviz m Ottoman Turkish, Turkish (Rare), Azerbaijani (Anglicized)
Turkish form of Parviz and a variant spelling of Pərviz.

Pete m Greek (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Pit.

Petek m & f Turkish
Means "honeycomb" in Turkish.

Petrakis m Greek
Modern 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.... [more]

Phaedon m Greek, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Variant latinization of Phaidon, as well as a modern transcription. (Its proper latinized form is Phaedo.)

Phaethon m Greek
From Greek meaning "Shining one". Phaethon was the son of the sun god Helios, who asked to drive the celestial chariot that drove the sun across the sky. After losing control, Zeus killed him with a lightning strike.

Philipas m Greek

Phoivos m Greek
Variant transcription of Foivos.

Photon m Greek
Comes from the elementary particle that transmits light. From the Ancient Greek phos.

Pieros m Greek (Cypriot, Rare), Greek (Rare)
Greek adoption of Piero.

Pierros m Greek (Rare)
Variant of Pieros.

Pipis m Greek
Diminutive of Spyridon.

Pit m Greek
Diminutive of Panagiotis.

Pityroun m History (Ecclesiastical), Greek (Archaic)
Greek form of Pitirim.... [more]

Piyale m & f Ottoman Turkish, Turkish (Rare)
Means "wineglass" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian پیاله (piyale). It is unisex in Turkey, but was almost entirely masculine in the Ottoman Empire.

Pnevma m Greek

Polikarpos m Greek (Rare)
Variant transcription of Πολύκαρπος (see Polykarpos).

Polivios m Greek (Rare)
Variant transcription of Πολύβιος (see Polyvios).

Polycarpos m Greek (Modern, Rare)
Variant transcription of Polykarpos.

Polychronis m Greek
Variant of Polychronios. A notable bearer of this name was the Greek painter Polychronis Lembesis (1848-1913).

Polymeris m Greek

Polyvios m Greek
Modern Greek form of Polybios.

Polyzois m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Polyzoes.

Pontida m & f Greek (Rare)
Son of Pontos, from the Greek suffix -idas, meaning "son of". Alternatively, this name could be in reference to the Italian commune of Pontida. While most commonly used as a surname, there have been instances in which it has been used as a first name.

Pothitos m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Pothetos.

Pouvlios m Greek
Modern Greek spelling of Poublios, which is the ancient Greek form of Publius.

Pragmatius m Greek (Latinized), Late Roman
Derived from Greek πράγματος (pragmatos) "to gather evidence", which itself is ultimately derived from Greek πρᾶγμα (pragma) "deed, action". Also compare Greek πράσσειν (prassein) meaning "to do"... [more]

Proas m Greek
Short form of Prometheus. Derived from Greek προμηθεια (prometheia) meaning "foresight, forethought". In Greek myth he was the Titan who gave the knowledge of fire to mankind... [more]

Prodromakis m Greek
Modern Greek diminutive of Prodromos, 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.

Prodromos m Greek
Means "precursor, forerunner" in Greek, literally "running before, going in advance" from πρό (pro) "before, in front of" and δρόμος (dromos) "a course, running". It is taken from the title of Saint John the Baptist, Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος (Ioannis o Prodromos); in Eastern Christianity, John is commonly referred to as the forerunner of Jesus, since John announces Jesus' coming.

Pthalo m Greek (Rare, Archaic, ?)

Pyrros m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Pyrrhos.