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Pearlette f English (Rare)Anglicized form of
Perlette. A known bearer of this name is Pearlette Louisy (b. 1946), the Governor-General of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.
Peaseblossom m TheatreFrom English
pea's blossom, referring to the small flower of a pea plant. This name was used by Shakespeare in his comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595), where it belongs to one of the servants to the fairy queen Titania.
Pebbles f Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)Pebbles Flintstone is a character in the classic American cartoon series
The Flintstones (1960-1966). The series and the character are largely responsible for the occasional use of this name from the latter 20th century onwards.
Pecola f African American, American (South)Meaning unknown, perhaps an invented name. The American author Toni Morrison used it in her novel
The Bluest Eye (1970) for the protagonist, a young African-American girl named Pecola Breedlove who descends into madness as a result of abuse.
Pecola m Popular CultureUsed on the children's cartoon
Pecola (2001-2002), original Japanese title ペコラ
(Pekora), as the name of the protagonist, a male penguin.
Pedahel m BiblicalPedahel Prince of the tribe of
Naphtali; one of those appointed by
Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe (Num... [
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Pedrarias m SpanishContraction of
Pedro and the surname Arias. A famous bearer was the conquistador Pedro Arias de Ávila "Pedrarias", who founded Panama, framed Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, and had him beheaded.
Pedrolino m Italian, TheatreDiminutive of
Pedro with an added diminutive Italian suffix
-lino. Pedrolino is a primo Zanni of the commedia dell'arte. Contemporary illustrations suggest that his white blouse and trousers constituted "a variant of the typical Zanni suit", and his Bergamasque dialect marked him as a member of the "low" rustic class.
Pedubast m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
pꜢ-dj-bꜣstt meaning "the given of Bastet", derived from
pꜣ "the; he of" combined with
dj "given" and the name of the cat goddess
Bastet... [
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Peduhor m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
pꜣ-dj-ḥr (or
pꜣ-dj-ḥr-mḥn) meaning "given by Horus", derived from
pꜣ "the; he of" combined with
dj "given" and the name of the god
Horus.
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.
Peetje m & f DutchWhen borne by a female person, this name is a good example of how one can turn a very masculine name (
Peet) into a feminine name by simply adding the diminutive suffix
-je to the original name... [
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Peeush m SanskritPeeush means amrita, the nectar(drink) which makes someone immortal. ... [
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Pege f GreekMeans "source" or "spring" in Greek.
Pei f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 培
(péi) meaning "foster, cultivate, nourish", 配
(pèi) meaning "match, join, deserve", 沛
(pèi) meaning "abundant, full, copious" or 佩
(pèi) meaning "wear, admire", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Peibing f ChineseFrom the Chinese
珮 (pèi) meaning "jade ornament" and
冰 (bīng) meaning "ice".
Peihong f ChineseFrom the Chinese 沛
(pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and 虹
(hóng) meaning "rainbow".
Peijin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
瑾 (jǐn) meaning "brilliance of gems, fine jade".
Peijing f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
晶 (jīng) meaning "crystal".
Peijuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
娟 (juān) meaning "beautiful, graceful".
Peilan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
蓝 (lán) meaning "blue, blueness".
Peili f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful".
Peiling f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade".
Peimiao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
妙 (miào) meaning "mysterious, subtle, exquisite".
Pein m & f Shipibo-ConiboFrom the Shipibo
pei meaning "wing, feather, leaf" and the genitive suffix
-n.
Peirao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
娆 (ráo) meaning "graceful, charming".
Peirene f Greek MythologyThe name of a naiad of the fresh-water spring of the city of Korinthos and a daughter of Asopos. She was carried off by Poseidon and bore him two sons. Her name may be derived from the element
πειραίνω (peiraino), and either mean "tied, fastened" or "the fastening one"... [
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Peirio m Medieval WelshSaint Peirio was a 6th-century pre-congregational saint of Wales and a child of King Caw of Strathclyde.
Peirithoos m Ancient GreekDerived from either πεῖρα
(peira) meaning "trial, attempt" and θοός
(thoos) meaning "quick, swift" or περί
(peri) meaning "around; exceedingly" and θέω
(theo) meaning "to run, to fly".
Peisagoras m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)".... [
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Peisandros m Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peisenor m Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Pei-shan f TaiwaneseFrom Chinese 佩
(pèi) meaning "ornament, pendant" combined with 珊
(shān) meaning "coral", as well as other Chinese character combinations that can form this name.
Peishu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
姝 (shū) meaning "beautiful girl".
Peisianax m Ancient GreekDerived from either Greek πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion" (both ultimately derived from πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)") and ἄναξ
(anax) meaning "master, lord, king".
Peisidemos m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peisidike f Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peisilaos m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peisinoe f Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peisis m & f Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion" as well as "affection, susceptibility". It is ultimately derived from Greek πείσομαι
(peisomai), which is the first-person singular future middle indicative of the Greek verbs πάσχω
(pascho) meaning "to undergo, to experience, to feel (an emotion)" and πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)".... [
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Peisistratos m Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πεῖσα
(peisa) meaning "obedience" or the Greek noun πεῖσις
(peisis) meaning "persuasion". Both words are ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peitao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
桃 (táo) meaning "peach".
Peithagoras m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from the Greek adjective πειθός
(peithos) meaning "persuasive" as well as "obedient", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)".... [
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Peithandros m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from the Greek adjective πειθός
(peithos) meaning "persuasive" as well as "obedient", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peithanor m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun πειθάνωρ
(peithanor) meaning "obeying men", which consists of the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" combined with the Greek noun ἀνήρ
(aner) meaning "man".... [
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Peithidemos m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from the Greek adjective πειθός
(peithos) meaning "persuasive" as well as "obedient", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peitho f Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)".... [
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Peitholaos m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from the Greek adjective πειθός
(peithos) meaning "persuasive" as well as "obedient", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peithon m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)". This name is not to be confused with
Python.... [
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Peithostratos m Ancient GreekThe first element of this name is derived from the Greek adjective πειθός
(peithos) meaning "persuasive" as well as "obedient", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb πείθω
(peitho) meaning "to persuade, to convince" as well as "to obey, to yield to" and "to believe, to trust (in)"... [
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Peiting f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, copious, sudden" and
婷 (tíng) meaning "pretty, graceful".
Peitsa m FinnishMeaning unknown. Possibly from Finnish
peitsi meaning "lance" and “pace (gait of a horse)”.
Peivas m SamiDerived from Sami
peivas "son of the day".
Peiwen f ChineseFrom the Chinese
霈 (pèi) meaning "torrential rains" and
雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns".
Peixin f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 培
(péi) meaning "to cultivate, to educate" combined with 信
(xìn) meaning "true, accurate" or 新
(xīn) "new", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Peixing f ChineseFrom the Chinese
珮 (pèi) meaning "jade ornament" and
幸 (xìng) meaning "luck, favour, fortunately".
Peixuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" or
佩 (pèi) meaning "belt ornament, pendant" and
璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star" or
炫 (xuàn) meaning "shine, glitter".
Peixue f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full, copious, sudden" and
雪 (xuě) meaning "snow".
Peiyan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)".
Peiyao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
瑶 (yáo) meaning "precious jade".
Peiyi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
怡 (yí) meaning "happy, joyful".
Peiyuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full" and
媛 (yuàn) meaning "beauty, beautiful woman".
Peiyue f ChineseFrom the Chinese
沛 (pèi) meaning "abundant, full, copious, sudden" and
悦 (yuè) meaning "pleased, contented".
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..
Pekahiah m BiblicalFrom the Hebrew name פְּקַחְיָה (Pəqaḥya) meaning "
Yahweh has opened the eyes" from פֶּקַח (
peqah) "open" and יָה (
yah) referring to the Hebrew God... [
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Pekcan m TurkishDerived from Turkish
pek meaning "many, much" and
can meaning "life, soul".
Pelatiah m BiblicalPelatiah, meaning "Refugee of God" Ezekiel 11:1, son of
Benaiah, a prince of the people, among the 25 Ezekiel saw at the East Gate; he fell dead upon hearing the prophecy regrarding Jerusalem.
Pelda f KurdishThe meaning of 'Pelda' is beginning of spring. In Kurdish 'Pel' means tree leaf and 'da' means giving. After the winter ends, the leaves start to grow from the branches of the trees, you understand that spring has come, and this is what the name Pelda means.
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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