Paivandm & fPersian Means "link, union, relationship, oath" in Persian.
PäivätärfFinnish Mythology The Finnish goddess of the sun, who is associated with silver, silver yarn and beauty. Her name is derived from päivä meaning "day" and an old poetic term for the sun, and the feminine ending -tar.
PäivikkifFinnish Variant of Päivi, which derives from the Finnish word päivä, "a day".
Päiviöm & fFinnish Finnish form of Peivas as well as a direct derivation from Finnish päivä "day". While this name is exclusively masculine today, up until the 1940s it was also occasionally used as a feminine name.
PakhetfEgyptian Mythology Means "she who scratches" in Ancient Egyptian. This was the name of a lion-headed war goddess.
PakhommAncient Egyptian, Coptic From Egyptian pꜣ-ꜥẖm meaning "he of the (holy) falcon," derived from pꜣ "the; he of" combined with ꜥẖm "falcon" or "cultic image of a falcon or god". The falcon was the symbol of the Egyptian god Horus, so one could say that this name essentially means "he who belongs to Horus."
Pakim & fMaori Means "fine weather" in Maori. This name is a personal name and a surname. This was the name of a Waikato Chief, and of Paki Whara, a Ngati Tama Elder who in the 1800s gathered information on the Chatham Islands which contributed to the invasion of Chatham Islands.
PakotamIndigenous 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.
PakunafMiwok (?) Allegedly a variant of Pukuna, a Miwok name meaning "deer jumping when running downhill".
PakurmOld 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]
PakurifGuarani Means "wild plant, wild fruit" in Guarani.
PakutehmMende Means "powerful man" or "strong man" in Mende.
PaladoremArthurian Cycle A lover of Morgan le Fay slain by Arthur, causing a rift between Arthur and Morgan.
PalaechthonmGreek Mythology Means "ancient inhabitant, indigenous; that which has been long in a country" in Ancient Greek, derived from πάλαι (palai) meaning "long ago" and χθών (chthon) meaning "earth, ground, soil"... [more]
PalaestrafGreek 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]
PalaimonmAncient 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]
PalamedesmGreek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Arthurian Cycle Probably derived from Ancient Greek παλάμη (palame) meaning "palm of the hand" or "device, cunning". Alternatively, it could derive from παλαίω (palaio) meaning "to wrestle, fight, overcome, endeavour", or perhaps πάλαι (palai) "long ago, in the past, before", combined with μήδομαι (medomai) "to plan, plot, devise, contrive"... [more]
PalanivelmIndian, 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.
PalatuafRoman Mythology Derived from Palatium, which is the Latin name for the Palatine Hill in Rome. The word is of uncertain origin; theories include a derivation from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃 (falad), meaning "sky", Latin palatum, meaning "vault, dome" or Latin palus, meaning "enclosure"... [more]
PalatynefArthurian Cycle The name of the sister of Melusine in the English translation of the story.
Pālaum & fHawaiian From the Hawaiian word which can mean "to tell tall tales, talk", "war club", or "taro".
PalaunimSamoan Samoan adaptation of Brown. This was the name Samoans called to British missionary George Brown, who became an important figure in Samoa... [more]
PalchenmTibetan From Tibetan དཔལ་ཆེན (dpal-chen) meaning "great glory", derived from དཔལ (dpal) meaning "glory, splendour" and ཆེན (chen) meaning "great, big, large".
Palesm & fRoman Mythology, Theatre Meaning unknown, possibly of Etruscan origin. This was the name of a deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock in Roman mythology, regarded as male by some sources and female by others. The mythological figure appears in pastoral plays of the 16th and 17th centuries.
PaleyfEnglish (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]
Palilaf & mHawaiian, Polynesian Mythology, Tahitian Polynesian name for the Hawaiian honeycreeper, an endangered bird native to Hawai'i. In Hawaiian mythology, Palila, a grandchild of goddess Hina, is a warrior hero of Kauai. He killed warriors of Hamakua and became the ruling chief of Hilo... [more]
Paljorm & fTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan དཔལ་འབྱོར (dpal-'byor) meaning "wealth, glory, riches, prosperity".
PalkmKorean Mythology In Korean mythology, he is the sun god and founder of the realm of light.
PalkifIndian, Punjabi Possibly derived from Hindi पालकी (palki) "palanquin", ultimately from Sanskrit, or from Punjabi ਪਲਕ (palak) "eyelid; eyeblink, instant", borrowed from Persian.
PallenefGreek 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.
PallietermLiterature, 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]
PalmariusmMedieval Latin, Medieval Dutch, Medieval German Derived from the Latin adjective palmarius meaning "of the palm" as well as "superior, excellent". It is ultimately derived from the Latin noun palma meaning "palm tree" as well as "flat hand, palm of the hand".... [more]
PalmatiusmLate Roman, History (Ecclesiastical) Derived from the Latin adjective palmatus meaning "bearing palms, decorated with palm branches", itself ultimately derived from the Latin noun palma meaning "palm tree" as well as "flat hand, palm of the hand".... [more]
PalmemSwedish (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.
PálmeyfIcelandic (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]
PalmofTibetan, Ladakhi From Tibetan དཔལ་མོ (dpal-mo) meaning "glorious woman", derived from དཔལ (dpal) meaning "glory, splendour" and the feminine particle མོ (mo). This is the Tibetan name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
PalmyrefFrench, Norman French form of Palmira. This also coincides with the French name of the ancient oasis city of Syria, known in English as Palmyra.
PálnatókimNorse 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.
PalnimOld 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".