Poppetf & mEnglish From the Middle English popet, meaning "a small child or doll." Used in specifically British and formerly British controlled countries.
PopurifJapanese (Modern, Rare) Japanese transliteration of potpourri, from French pot-pourri, a calque from Spanish olla podrida meaning "rotten pot," referring to a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room (originally referring to a Spanish stew with a wide variety of ingredients).... [more]
PotamomAncient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Potamon. Bearers of this name include the rhetorician Potamo of Mytilene (died around 15 AD) and the philosopher Potamo of Alexandria (lived in either the 1st century BC or the 2nd century AD).
PotensmLate Roman Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin adjective potens meaning "able, strong, powerful, potent".
PouriamPersian Possibly derived from Avestan pouruyô meaning "first, foremost". Alternately it may be from Sanskrit पुर्य (purya) meaning "being in a stronghold or fortress".
PrendefAlbanian, Albanian Mythology Prende is the goddess of love, beauty and fertility in the Albanian pagan mythology, who is thought to have been worshiped by the Illyrians in antiquity. She is the wife of the thunder and sky god Perëndi.
PrerakmIndian The origin of Prerak is the Sanskrit language. The name means one who encourages others.
PrernafHindi, Sanskrit A Hindi/Sanskrit name derived from the word "Prernah". Meaning inspiration. Very popular name in Nepal.
PrigiomLiterature Etymology uncertain. It could be from the Italian prigione "imprisonment". This was the main character of a literary and comic fairy tale Prince Prigio, written by Andrew Lang.
PriniafJavanese A noun-name. The prinias are a genus of small birds belonging to the passerine bird family Cisticolidae. They are often also alternatively classed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae. The name of the genus is derived from the Javanese prinya, the local name for the bar-winged prinia... [more]
PrioremMedieval Italian From priore 'prior', a nickname or occupational name, which probably most often originated as an occupational name for a servant of a prior or some important lay dignitary.
ProbusmAncient Roman Roman family name (cognomen), derived from Latin probus, which means "good, virtuous, able, decent". One Roman emperor bore this name. There also were several saints of this name, the most famous of whom was martyred in 304 AD together with Andronicus and Tarachus.
ProknefGreek Mythology Possibly derived from Greek περκνός (perknos) "dark-spotted", a word used to refer to eagles. In Greek mythology Prokne or Procne was the wife of the Thracian king Tereus. Tereus raped Procne's sister Philomela and cut out her tongue, so Procne fed Tereus the flesh of their son Itys... [more]
PronaxmGreek Mythology Derived from Greek πρώ (pro) meaning "early (in the day)", a variant of πρωΐ (proi) meaning "early in the day, during morning", and ἄναξ (anax) meaning "master, lord, chief".... [more]
PronoefGreek Mythology The name of several figures in Greek mythology, meaning "forethought".
ProrsafRoman Mythology Contracted form of Proversa, which means "forwards looking, turned toward the front" from Latin pro- "forward direction" and the verb vertere "to turn". Postverta and Prorsa were surnames of Carmenta, a Roman goddess of prophecy and childbirth... [more]
PrvanafSerbian From Serbian први (prvi) meaning "first". It is thus given to first born daughters.
PrylismGreek Mythology Means "dance in armour, armed dance" in Ancient Greek, referring to a kind of Cretan weapon-dance. This was the name of a prophet in Greek mythology, a demigod son of Hermes and the Lesbian nymph Issa.
Psalmsf & mEnglish (Rare), English (African, Rare), Popular Culture From the title of the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament, the plural of Psalm. This was used for a character, a male former slave named Psalms Jackson, in the American Western drama television series Hell on Wheels (2011-2016).
PsekasfGreek Mythology The name of one of the band of sixty young Okeanid Nymphs which formed the core retinue of the goddess Artemis. Her name is derived from the word ψεκας (psekas) meaning "rain shower".
PsmithmLiterature 'Psmith Rupert (in later incarnations Ronald Eustace) Psmith, dandyish Old Etonian (expelled) flaneur and social escapologist in the works of P.G. Wodehouse. Debuting in 'Lost Lambs' (1909; later (1935) renamed 'Enter Psmith'), he was the first of the major characters Wodehouse created... [more]
PtahilmJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend This is the name of the Mandaean demiurge (see Demiurgos), probably based on a Mandaic root pth meaning "to mold" (or related to Egyptian Ptah) and the divine suffix il, which is Hebrew 'el (El).
PteleafGreek Mythology Derived from Ancient Greek πτελέα (ptelea) meaning "wych elm", another name for the European elm tree. This was the name of one of the eight hamadryad daughters of Oxylos and Hamadryas, associated with the elm tree.
PualeifHawaiian (Rare) Means "lei of flower" or "child of blossom," from pua meaning "flower, blossom" and lei meaning "lei, garland, wreath, (figuratively) beloved child."
PudensmLate Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin Derived from the Latin adjective pudens meaning "shameful" as well as "bashful" and "chaste". It is ultimately derived from the Latin verb pudeo meaning "to be ashamed, to feel shame".... [more]
PuellafRomani (Archaic), Judeo-Spanish Derived from Latin puella, meaning "girl, maiden; sweetheart, mistress". As a Judeo-Spanish name, it was used as a Latinate variant of Poncella.
PuertofSpanish Means "port, harbour" in Spanish, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen del Puerto, meaning "The Virgin of the Port."... [more]
PuimremAncient Egyptian From Egyptian pwj-m-rꜥ, of uncertain meaning. Probably derived from pwj, a given name, combined with m "in" and the name of the god Ra.
PumbaamPopular Culture, Swahili Means "to be foolish, silly, weak-minded, careless, negligent" in Swahili. This is the name of the warthog in Disney's 'The Lion King' (1994).
PumipimMoriori This name could maybe be a feminine name. This was the name of a signatory to the 1862 Moriori Crown Petition and Waitangi district leading elder named Pumipi Te Rangaranga.
PurityfEnglish (Rare) Middle English from Old French purete, later assimilated to late Latin puritas, from Latin purus ‘pure’. From the English word purity, which means "freedom from immorality."
Purple?Obscure From the English word for the color purple.
PursonmJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend According to The Lesser Key of Solomon, this is the name of a Great King of Hell, being served and obeyed by twenty-two legions of demons. Purson is depicted as a man with the face of a lion, carrying a ferocious viper in his hand, and riding a bear.
PurumafAymara Means "uncultivated land" in Aymara.
PutielmBiblical, Hebrew Possibly means "contempt of God" or "afflicted of God" in Hebrew. In the bible, this is the name of the father-in-law of Eleazar.
PyrenafObscure Possibly based on Greek πῦρ (pyr) meaning "fire". This is the full name of American musician Rena Lovelis (1998-), a member of the band Hey Violet (along with her sister Szatania 'Nia' Lovelis).
PyrenefGreek Mythology Derived from Greek πῦρ (pyr) meaning "fire". In Greek mythology, Pyrene was a lover of Hercules, for whom the mountain range the Pyrenees are named. Also, the name Pyrene is not to be confused with Pirene, the name of three other characters from Greek mythology.
PyrrhomAncient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Pyrrhon. This was the name of the first Greek skeptic philosopher (3rd century BC), who founded the school of Pyrrhonism.
PythiafAncient Greek From the name of Apollo's master priestess at Delphi, who was also known as the Oracle of Delphi. The name is derived from Πυθώ (Pytho), which is the old name of the city of Delphi... [more]
PythonmAncient Greek, Greek Mythology In Greek mythology, Python was an enormous earth-dragon (usually depicted as a serpent in ancient Greek art) who lived near the city of Πυθώ (Pytho), which is nowadays known as Delphi. The creature was named after the city, whose name was ultimately derived from the Greek verb πύθω (pytho) meaning "to rot, to decay"... [more]