All Submitted Names

Powers m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Powers.

Powhatan m Algonquin
The name of the Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia, which English colonists mistook for the name of Chief Wahunsenacawh, the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607... [more]

Poya m Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پویا (see Pouya).

Pozi m Malay (Rare)
Possibly a form of Fawzi.

Pozırakh f Khakas
From the Khakas позрах (pozrakh) meaning "Sunday".

Pozisa f South African

Pozkari f Basque (Rare)
Basque equivalent of Consuelo.

Poznan m Medieval Polish
Derived from the participle form of Polish poznać "to get to know; to become familiar with".

Poznomir m Polish
Means "to become acquainted with peace", derived from Slavic poznać "to get to know, to meet" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Pozon m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl pozoni, "to boil, foam, seethe; to become angry".

Prabal m Hindi, Nepali
Means "strong; powerful; mighty" in Hindi and Nepali, directly taken from Sanskrit प्रबल (prabala).

Prabath m Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रभात (prabhāta) meaning "morning, dawn, daybreak".

Prabdeep m Indian
The name Prabdeep originates from India.... [more]

Prabha f Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Means "light, radiance" in Sanskrit.

Prabhas m Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit प्रभा (prabha) meaning "light, radiance".

Prabhath m Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රභාත් (see Prabath).

Prabhdeep m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu) meaning "mighty, powerful, master, lord" combined with प्रीति (dīpa) meaning "lamp, light".

Prabhjeet m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu) meaning "mighty, powerful, master, lord" combined with जिति (jiti) meaning "victory, conquering".

Prabhjit m & f Indian (Sikh)
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਪ੍ਰਭਜੀਤ (see Prabhjeet).

Prabhjot m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu) meaning "mighty, powerful, master, lord" combined with ज्योतिस् (jyotis) meaning "light, brightness".

Prabhmeet m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu) meaning "mighty, powerful, master, lord" combined with मित्र (mitra) meaning "friend".

Prabhpreet m & f Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu) meaning "mighty, powerful, master, lord" combined with प्रीति (prīti) meaning "pleasure, joy, love".

Prabhu Rāja m Hindi (Rare)
Meaning "Lord King".

Prabnoore f Indian (Sikh)

Prabowo m Javanese
From Javanese prabawa meaning "power, majesty, splendour", ultimately from Sanskrit प्रभाव (prabhāva). A notable bearer is Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto (1951-).

Prabu m Tamil

Prabuddha m Indian

Pracha m Thai
Means "people" in Thai.

Prachachat m Thai (Rare)
Means "nation, state" in Thai.

Prachai m Thai
From Thai ประ (bprà), a meaningless article, and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Prachak m Thai
Means "clear, manifest, evident" in Thai.

Prachakchai m Thai
From Thai ประจักษ์ (prachak) meaning "clear, manifest, evident" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Prachaya m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ปรัชญา (see Pratchaya).

Prachee f Marathi, Indian, Hindi, Sanskrit
It means “east”, “dawn”, “morning”, and “orient” in Sanskrit.

Prachit m & f Thai
Means "be close to, approach, adjoin" in Thai.

Prachita f Indian

Prachum m & f Thai
Means "assembly, gathering, meeting" in Thai.

Prachya m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ปรัชญา (see Pratya).

Pracida f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Placida.

Prácido m Galician
Galician form of Placidus.

Pracxedes f Spanish (Archaic)
Variant of Práxedes.

Prada f & m Various
Meaning unknown. It is used in reference to the Italian luxury brand Prada, which is named after its founder Mario Prada.

Pradab f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Pradap.

Pradakshina f Hinduism
Pradakshina is called parikrma means to take a round of statue of god, holy Placea or place worth to pay respect.

Pradap f & m Thai
Means "adorn, decorate" in Thai.

Pradchaya m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ปรัชญา (see Pratchaya).

Pradeesh m Indian

Pradelia f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), English (American, Rare)

Praderm m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประเดิม (see Pradoem).

Pradermchai m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประเดิมชัย (see Pradoemchai).

Pradipti f Bengali
Meaning "of light" or "illuminating" in Bengali. Feminine form of Pradip or Pradeep. Derived from Sanskrit प्रदीप (pradipa) meaning "light" or "lantern".

Pradish m Indian
indian

Pradit m Thai
Means "to create, to invent" in Thai.

Pradnya f Indian

Pradnyesh m Indian
India

Prado f & m Spanish (European), Filipino (Rare)
Means "meadow" in Spanish, taken from the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen del Prado and Nuestra Señora del Prado, meaning "The Virgin of the Meadow" and "Our Lady of the Meadow."... [more]

Pradoem m Thai
Means "begin, start, initiate" in Thai.

Pradoemchai m Thai
From Thai ประเดิม (pradoem) meaning "begin, start, initiate" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Prados f & m Spanish (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Plural form of Prado, most often used in the province of Toledo in Spain.

Pradyoth m Sanskrit
Means "illuminating" in Sanskrit.

Praejectus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin praejacio ("to throw"). This is the name of a saint (625-676).

Praeo f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แพรว (see Phraeo).

Praeophan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แพรวพรรณ (see Phraeophan).

Praepedigna f History (Ecclesiastical)
From Latin praepes "swift; lucky" and digna "worthy". This is the name of a Roman martyr from the 3rd century AD.

Praetextatus m Late Roman
Derived from Latin praetextus "fringed, bordered, edged", which is ultimately derived from the Latin verb praetexere "to weave, to border, to fringe". The modern English word pretext derives from the same root... [more]

Praew f Thai
Alternate transcription of Phraeo.

Praewpan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Phraeophan.

Praewphailin f Thai (Rare)
From Thai แพรว (praew) meaning "gleaming, glistening, shining" and ไพลิน (pai-lin) meaning "sapphire".

Praewphan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Phraeophan.

Pragati f Indian
From Sanskrit प्रगति (pragati). The name means progress, development, and advancement.

Pragmace m History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Pragmatius.

Pragmacio m Spanish
Spanish form of Pragmatius.

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]

Pragmazio m Italian
Italian form of Pragmatius and variant of Prammazio.

Pragun m Indian (Rare)

Pragya f Indian

Pragya f Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajnya) meaning "wisdom, knowledge".

Pragyan m Indian

Pragyapti f & m Hinduism
Another name of the Hindu Goddess Saraswati, it means "intellectual" or "the most intelligent".

Pragyasmi f Indian
No History, this Name has two words of Indian Ancient Language "Sanskrit" words are "Pragya" which means "ENLIGHTED CONSCIOUSNESS” and "Asmi" which means "I AM"... [more]

Prah f Western African
Used in Ghana, West Africa among Akan peoples. Shortened form of the name of the river spirit Bohsum-Prah. Usually used together with Nana: Nana-Prah.

Prahas m Marathi
Meaning "Person with a Lot of Qualities".

Prahi f Marathi
Meaning "Wellness".

Praiecta f Late Roman (?)
Variant of Praeiecta or Praejecta, the feminine form of Praejectus.

Prainnseas m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Francis.

Prairie f American (Rare)
From the English word for a flat treeless grassland, taken from French prairie "meadow". This was used by Thomas Pynchon for a character in his novel 'Vineland' (1990).

Praise-God m English (Puritan)
From the English phrase praise God, referring to giving God glory. A known bearer was Praise-God Barebone (or Barbon; c. 1598-1679), an English preacher and Fifth Monarchist after whom Barebone's Parliament of 1653 was named... [more]

Praisthel f South African (Rare)
The name comes from the the phrase Praise the Lord. Some of the letters from the pharse are removed to turn it into a name.

Praiwan m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Phraiwan.

Prajak m Thai
Alternate transcription of Prachak.

Prajakta f Marathi
Also known as Night Jasmine

Prajila f Indian

Prajit m Indian

Prajith m Indian

Prajnan m Marathi
Meaning "Clever".

Prajnav m Indian
The name means to be coming from different expectations and be on top.

Prajwal m Indian
Indian - meaning Shining

Prajya f Indian
Name - Prajya , Prajyaa प्रज्ञा... [more]

Prajya m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ปรัชญา (see Pratya).

Prajyaan m Indian
Name - Prajyaan (Prajyan) प्रज्ञान ... [more]

Prak m Khmer
Means "silver" in Khmer.

Prakan m Thai
Means "wall, fort, stronghold" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्राकार (prakara).

Prakarn m Thai
Alternate transcription of Prakan.

Prakarsha f Indian
Word Prakarsha Means "Extreme Desire" in marathi langusge

Prakarshaa f Indian
A Great & Rich Lady

Prakat m Thai
Means "to announce, to declare" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa).

Prakhong f & m Thai
Means "support, help" in Thai.

Prakit m Thai
Means "inform, announce, show" in Thai.

Prakong f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Prakhong.

Prakop m & f Thai
Means "made, consist of" in Thai.

Prakoso m Javanese
From Javanese prakasa meaning "clear, obvious, well-known, famous", ultimately from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa).

Prakseda f Polish, Lithuanian
Variant of Praxedes.

Pralij m Indian

Pralong m Thai
Means "test, manoeuvre" in Thai.

Praman m Thai
Means "to measure, to estimate, to approximate" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramāṇa).

Pramana m Indonesian
Means "to be full of wisdom and knowledge" in Indonesian.

Pramarn m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประมาณ (see Praman).

Pramika m & f Tamil

Pramila f Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu
Means "exhaustion, enervation, fatigue" in Sanskrit.

Prammazio m Italian
Italian form of Pragmatius and variant of Pragmazio.

Pramono m Javanese
From Javanese pramana meaning "clear, precise, accurate, right", ultimately from Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramana).

Pramot m Thai
Means "happiness, merriment, delight" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रमोद (pramoda).

Pramote m Thai
Alternate transcription of Pramot.

Pramti m Marathi
Meaning "One Who Is Conscious and Aware".

Pramual m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Pramuan.

Pramuan m & f Thai
Means "compile, collect" in Thai.

Pramukh m Gujarati, Marathi
Means "he with the qualities of a leader" in Gujarati and Marathi.

Prana f Lithuanian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Pranas.

Pranad m Gujarati
Name of Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma.

Pranakul m Thai

Pranavi f Indian
Feminine form of Pranav.

Pranaya m & f Sanskrit
"Love"

Pranchi m Malayalam
Malayalam form of Francis used in central Kerala

Pranė f Lithuanian
Short form of Pranciška. In other words, you could say that this name is the feminine equivalent of Pranas.

Prang f Thai
Means "cheek" or "mango plum" (a type of fruit) in Thai.

Prangarda f Medieval Italian, Lombardic
A Germanic dithematic name formed from the name elements brand "sword" and gard "enclosure, protected place".

Prani f Thai
Alternate transcription of Pranee.

Prania f Sanskrit
Variant of Praniya.

Pranit m Hindi
It is a special name meaning calmness, god, one who is as dear as life, modest, simple, straightforward,and humble.

Pranitha f Sanskrit
The name Pranitha originated from Sanskrit, meaning "pure water".

Praniya f Sanskrit, Tamil
Meaning is uncertain, possibly meaning "love is the one" in Sanskrit or a variant of Pranitha.

Pranja f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Pranjo.

Pranjal m & f Sanskrit (Rare)
The name is of Sanskrit origin. It is generally used for male persons, however a few females are found sharing this name too.

Pranjo m Croatian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Franjo.

Prannoy m Indian
Meaning: Love

Pranom f Thai
Means "to make concessions, to compromise" in Thai.

Pranowo m Javanese
From Javanese pranawa meaning "bright, alert", ultimately from Sanskrit प्रणव (praṇava).

Pranpriya f Thai
From Thai ปราณ (pran) meaning "breath" and ปรียา (priya) meaning "darling, beloved".

Prantxes m Basque

Pranutė f Lithuanian
Diminutive form of Pranė.

Pranyoto m Javanese
From Javanese nyata meaning "real, true, certain".

Prapa f Thai
Alternate transcription of Prapha.

Prapai f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Praphai.

Prapan m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประพันธ์ (see Praphan).

Prapaphon f Thai
Alternate transcription of Praphaphon.

Prapaporn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Praphaphon.

Prapas m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประภาส (see Praphat).

Prapasiri f Thai
Alternate transcription of Praphasiri.

Prapat m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประภาส (see Praphat).

Prapatsara f Thai
Combination of masculine Thai Prapat and feminine Western Sara.

Prapha f & m Thai
Means "light" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रभा (prabha).

Praphai f & m Thai
Means "beautiful, pretty, handsome" in Thai.

Praphaiphak f Thai (Rare)
From Thai ประไพ (praphai) meaning "beautiful, pretty" and พักตร์ (phak) meaning "face".

Praphan m Thai
Means "to write, to compose" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रबन्ध (prabandha).

Praphaphon f Thai
From Thai ประภา (prapha) meaning "light" and พร (phon) meaning "blessing".

Praphaporn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Praphaphon.

Praphas m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประภาส (see Praphat).

Praphasiri f Thai
From Thai ประภา (prapha) meaning "light" and ศิริ (siri) meaning "glory, splendour".

Praphat m Thai
Means "light, illumination, brilliance" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रभा (prabhā).

Prapti f Javanese
Feminine form of Prapto.

Prapto m Javanese
From Javanese prapta meaning "attained, arrived, reached", ultimately from Sanskrit प्राप्त (prāpta).

Prarie f English

Prarthana f Malayalam

Prarthna f Indian (Rare)

Prasan m Thai
Means "to join, to connect" in Thai.

Prasannan m Malayalam
Malayalam variant of Prasanna.

Prasansha f Hindi

Prasanta m Indian, Bengali, Odia, Assamese
Bengali, Odia and Assamese form of Prashant.

Prasarn m Thai
Means "to link" in Thai.

Prasart m Thai
Alternate transcription of Prasat.

Prasat m Thai
Means "give, bestow" or "faith, trust" in Thai.

Prasath m Sanskrit
The name Prasath is of Indian origin, often derived from Sanskrit, and means “blessing,” “grace,” or “gift.” It is commonly used in South Indian cultures as a given name or part of a name.

Prascewia f Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Paraskeve.

Prásedes f Asturian
Asturian form of Praxedes.

Praseed m Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Hindi, Hinduism, Nepali
"Happy"... [more]

Prasella f South African
Variant of Priscilla.

Prasenjeet m Indian
One who win expert army and Never lose any war in his life.PRASENJEET was an Aikṣvāka dynasty ruler of Kosala. Sāvatthī was his capital. He succeeded his father Sanjaya Mahākosala. He was a prominent Upāsaka of Gautama Buddha, who built many Buddhist monasteries and a lover of Nandini.

Prasetio m Javanese
Variant of Prasetyo.

Prasetiyo m Javanese
Variant of Prasetyo.

Prasetyo m Javanese
From Javanese prasêtya meaning "to promise, to take a vow (to be loyal or faithful)".

Prashil m Indian

Prashob m Indian
rising to shine like a star

Prasiddhi f Indian, Nepali
Means "fame, renown; success, accomplishment" in Sanskrit, a noun composed of the prefix प्र- (pra-) meaning "towards, forwards, pro-" and‎ सिद्धि (siddhi) meaning "accomplishment, success, attainment".

Prasit m Thai
Means "success, achievement" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रसिद्धि (prasiddhi).

Praskova f Russian
Variant of Praskovya.

Praskovja f Estonian
Estonian transcription of Прасковья (see Praskovya).

Praskowia f Polish (Archaic)
Variant of Parascewa.

Prasodjo m Javanese
Older spelling of Prasojo influenced by Dutch ortography.

Prasoet m Thai
Alternate transcription of Prasert.

Prasojo m Javanese
From Javanese prasaja meaning "simple, straightforward, sincere, faithful".

Prasong m Thai
Means "wish, desire" in Thai.

Prasoon m Indian (Rare)

Prasop m Thai
Means "success, win, gain" in Thai.

Prasopchai m Thai
From Thai ประสพ (prasop) meaning "success, win, gain" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Prassede f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Praxedes.

Prassifane m Italian
Italian form of Praxiphanes.

Prassitea f Italian
Italian form of Praxithea.

Prasun m Indian
Blooming flower

Prasutago m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Prasutagus.

Prasutagus m Old Celtic (Latinized, Rare)
Latinized form of a Celtic name borne by the king of the Iceni tribe and husband of the warrior-queen Boudicca.

Prasuti f Hinduism
Means "birth, generation" in Sanskrit. According to the Puranas this was the name of a daughter of Manu and the wife of Daksha... [more]

Prat m Odia
Means "early morning" in Odia.

Pratama m Indonesian
Derived from Javanese pratama meaning "first, best", ultimately from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathama).

Pratchaya m Thai
Variant of Pratya.

Prateep m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประทีป (see Prathip).

Prateik m Indian
Variant spelling of Prateek.

Pratham m Indian
It means first in Sanskrit.

Prathap m Indian

Pratheep m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประทีป (see Prathip).

Pratheesh m Indian

Prathia f African American
The Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall, a theologian and ethicist, was active in SNCC and a prominent civil rights movement speaker—she was said to have influenced Dr. King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, having used the phrase repeatedly in a speech he heard in 1962.

Prathima f Indian

Prathip m & f Thai
Means "lamp, light, candle" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रदीप (pradīpa).

Prathueang m & f Thai
Means "to enhance, to enrich" in Thai.

Prathum f & m Thai
From Thai ปทุม (pathum) meaning "lotus".

Pratijya f Indian
MEANING - promise, swear, agreement , vow, assent, acknowledge, approve... [more]

Pratiksha f Hinduism

Pratim m Nepali, Bengali (Hindu), Indian

Pratip m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประทีป (see Prathip).

Pratipal m Indian

Pratishtha f Indian

Pratiti f Bengali (Rare), Indian (Rare)

Pratiwi f Indonesian
Derived from Indonesian pertiwi meaning "earth, land" or "motherland, homeland, Indonesia", ultimately from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).

Pratomo m Javanese
Javanese form of Pratama.

Pratt m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pratt.

Prattasha f Bengali (Rare)

Pratthana f Thai
Means "desire, long for" in Thai.

Pratul m Gujarati
Meaning "One Who Owns Plenty".

Pratya m Thai
Means "philosophy" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā).

Pratyoosh m Indian

Pratyush m Indian
Dawn

Praval m Odia
Means "fierce and strong" in Odia.

Pravda f Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian
Derived from the Proto-Slavic word *pravьda meaning "truth; justice" in many Slavic languages.

Pravdan m Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Elaborated masculine form of Pravda.

Pravdana f Serbian
Female form of Pravdan.

Pravdomir m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Prawdomir.

Praveesh m Indian

Pravendra m Hindi

Pravi f Gujarati
Meaning "Incredible and Affectionate Person".

Pravit m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประวิตร/ประวิทย์ (see Prawit).

Pravoslav m Czech, Slovak
Derived from the Slavic elements право (pravo) "justice, law, right" and slava "glory".

Pravuil m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pravuil is an archangel briefly mentioned in the Second Book of Enoch as God's scribe and recordkeeper. In Enoch II, God commands Pravuil to bring Enoch writing materials so he could document his journey through the heavens.

Pravya f Mizo, Bodo
Means "intelligent" in Bodo and Mizo.

Prawat m Thai
Means "history, account, record" in Thai.

Prawdomir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish prawda "truth, verity", which is derived from Old Church Slavonic pravida "truth" (which in turn is probably derived from Proto-Slavic pravъ "straight, right")... [more]

Prawes m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ประเวศ (see Prawet).

Prawet m Thai
Means "entrance" in Thai.

Prawira m Indonesian
Means "heroic, brave" in Indonesian.

Prawiro m Javanese
Javanese form of Prawira.

Prawit m Thai
Means "pure, clean" in Thai.

Prawomir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish prawy "right, upright, righteous", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic pravъ "straight, right". Also compare Croatian prav and Czech pravý, both of which mean "right, straight"... [more]

Prawomysł m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish prawy "right, upright, righteous", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic pravъ "straight, right". Also compare Croatian prav and Czech pravý, both of which mean "right, straight"... [more]

Prawoto m Javanese
From Javanese prawata meaning "mountain, hill", ultimately from Sanskrit पर्वत (parvata).

Praxagoras m Ancient Greek
The first element of this name is derived from Greek πραξις (praxis) meaning "action, exercise". The second element is either derived from Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreuo) "to orate, to speak publicly" or from Greek ἀγορά (agora), which can mean "assembly" as well as "market"... [more]

Praxander m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Πράξανδρος (Praxandros), which is a name that is derived from Greek πραξις (praxis) "action, exercise" combined with Greek ανδρος (andros) "of a man"... [more]

Praxed f English (British, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical, Anglicized)
Form of Praxedes found in England from the 16th century.

Praxeda f Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Variant transcription of Prakseda.

Praxède f French (Rare, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Praxedes.

Práxedes f & m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Praxedes. Despite being feminine in origin, it is used for both women and men in Spanish. A famous bearer is Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta, prime minister of Spain in the 19th century.

Praxedes f & m History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Derived from Greek πρᾶξῐς (praxis), meaning "action, work, success". This was the name of a 2nd-century saint.

Praxedia f German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Praxedis.

Práxedis f & m Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Práxedes.

Praxedis f History
Latin form of Praxedes. This name was used by Joseph Victor von Scheffel for a character in his historical novel 'Ekkehard' (1857).

Praxiboulos m Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek noun πρᾶξις (praxis) meaning "action, exercise" (see Praxiteles) combined with the Greek noun βουλή (boule) meaning "counsel, advice" as well as "will, determination".... [more]

Praxibulus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Praxiboulos. This name was borne by an eponymous archon of Athens, who lived in the 4th century BC.

Praxilla f Ancient Greek
Possibly a derivative of Praxis. Praxilla of Sicyon was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC.

Praxiphanes m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek πραξις (praxis) "action, exercise" combined with Greek φανης (phanes) "appearing". This name was borne by a Peripatetic philosopher, who lived in the 4th century BC.

Praxithea f Greek Mythology
The name of a number of Greek mythological figures derived from πραξις (praxis) meaning "action, exercise" and θεά (thea) meaning "goddess".

Praxithée f Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Praxithea.

Praya f English

Prayaag m Malayalam
Means "Venus" in Malayalam.

Prayadarshi m Gujarati
Meaning "Very Likable" or "Someone that Everyone Loves".

Prayat m & f Thai
Means "save, preserve, retain" in Thai.

Prayer f & m English
Middle English from Old French preiere, based on Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty,’ from prex, prec- prayer.’

Prayitno m Javanese
From Javanese prayitna meaning "careful, cautious, thoughtful, prudent".

Prayoon m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Prayun.

Prayuk m Thai
Means "applied, practical" in Thai.

Prayun m & f Thai
Means "family, lineage, race" in Thai.

Prayusha f Nepali
Means “beautiful girl” or “dusk” in Nepali.

Prazeres f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Derived from Portuguese prazeres, the plural form of prazer "pleasure", this name is used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres ("Our Lady of Pleasures")... [more]

Pre f & m English (Rare), Indonesian (Rare), Indian (Rare)

Preacher m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Preacher.

Preaksa f Khmer
Means "tree, forest" in Khmer.

Preap m & f Khmer
Means "pigeon, dove" in Khmer.

Prebislav m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements prebi and slav "glory".

Prebrana f Medieval Russian
Name of a medieval Russian princess.

Precia f Judeo-Spanish (Archaic)

Précieuse f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Précieux, cognate to English Precious.

Precieuse f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Derived from Middle French precieuse, the feminine form of the adjective precieux "precious (of great value)" (via Old French precius, ultimately from Latin pretiōsus, from pretium "worth; value").

Précieux m French (Rare)
Means "precious," from Latin pretiōsus.