PemberleyfEnglish (Modern, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Pemberley. This also coincides with the fictional estate owned by one of the characters in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.
PemuluwuymIndigenous Australian The name of a prominent Bidjigal Aboriginal warrior of the Eora nation who lead a resistance against Sydney colonists in the 1790s - 1800s. He was also considered a carradhy or ‘clever man’. He convinced many surrounding Aboriginal nations to join his resistance against the British and was considered to be exceptional in most everything he did.
PherabyfAmerican (South, Archaic) Apparently a Southern U.S. invention. First appears in the mid-1700s in Virginia and North Carolina. Could be a variation of Phoebe, although it is also curiously similar to the Arabic name Fariba.... [more]
PidrayfSemitic Mythology, Ugaritic Mythology Etymology uncertain. Possibly derives from the Semitic element pdr ("to scatter/spread"). Another possible origin is the element bqr ("lightning"). A Hurrian origin for her name has also been speculated, specifically from the element pedari ("bull")... [more]
Piercym & fEnglish (British, Rare) A variant of Piers, a Middle English form of Peter. Peter is derived from the Greek petros, meaning "stone" or "rock".
PinckneymEnglish (Archaic) From the surname Pinckney. A famous bearer of this name was the first African American to become governor of a U.S. State Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921)
PineyfLiterature Meaning unknown. Bret Harte, author of the short story The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1869) used this name for the fifteen-year old runaway lover Piney Woods. However, presumably it is applied for the fact that Piney had been left alone, pining and yearning for her lover.
Piseyf & mKhmer Means "magnificent, excellent, beautiful, beloved" in Khmer.
PishoymCoptic From Egyptian pꜣ-šꜣj meaning "the fate", derived from pꜣ "the aforementioned; the; he of" combined with šꜣ "to put in order, establish, decree". This name was borne by a Coptic saint from the 5th century AD.
PityfEnglish (Puritan, Rare) From the English word meaning "the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering and misfortunes of others", which is a cognate of Piety, ultimately from Latin pietas "piety" (via Old French pite "compassion"; also compare Pietas).
PlanettyfLiterature Elaboration of the word planet. This is the name of an alien princess in Ruth Plumly Thompson's novel ''The Silver Princess in Oz'' (1938).
PoesyfAmerican (South, Rare, Archaic) Originally a variant of Posy, this name was sometimes associated with poetry, from Old French poesie, ultimately from Greek poesis "composition, poetry," from poein "to make or compose"
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."
PuyfBasque, Aragonese, Spanish (European, Rare) Means "mountain, hill" in Auvergnat French. It is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Puy meaning "Our Lady of the Mountain". She is the patron saint of the town of Estella, located in the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre... [more]
PyfSwedish Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Swedish pyre "small child, tot".
Pyaym & fBurmese Alternate transcription of Burmese ပြေ (see Pye).
QarabiymKarachay-Balkar From the Karachay-Balkar къара (qara) meaning "black" and бий (biy) meaning "bey, prince".
QarachaqaymHistory Possibly derived from Turkic *qarčïğa(y) meaning "hawk". Qarachaqay Khan was a 17th-century Iranian military commander of Armenian origin.
Qarchig'ayfUzbek Uzbek feminine name refering to a kind of sparrowhawk.
QuetcyfAmerican (Hispanic, Rare) Borne by Quetcy Alma Martínez De Jesús (1956-), a Puerto Rican child singer of the 1960s and 1970s who was based in New York City. Her name may be a derivative of Quetzalli.
QuilindschymObscure In the case of Dutch soccer player Quilindschy Hartman (2001-), it is a combination of Quirine (the name of his sister) and Lindschy (possibly a Dutch form of Lindsay).
QuraisymIndonesian, Muslim Possibly derived from the Quraysh tribe. The Quraysh were a powerful merchant tribe that controlled Mecca and its Ka'aba and that according to tradition descended from Ishmael... [more]
Rabgaym & fTibetan From Tibetan རབ་རྒྱས (rab-rgyas) meaning "very broad, very wide", derived from རབ (rab) meaning "very, extremely" and རྒྱས (rgyas) meaning "extensive, broad, wide".
RadiymRussian (Rare), Tatar (Rare) Variant form of Radik. Also note that radiy is also the Russian word for radium, an alkaline earth metal. The name was used in the Soviet era in reference to scientific progress.
Raet-tawyfEgyptian Mythology The feminine aspect of the Ancient Egyptian god Ra. Her name was composed from the feminine version of the name Ra and tawy meaning "of the two lands".
RansleymEnglish (British) Ransley is a name and it’s used for a boy of Old English origin. It may derive from the Old English words hraefn (Raven) and leah (meadow), which combine to mean “Raven meadow”. Another possible meaning is “reed marsh fam”... [more]
Rarityf & mEnglish (Rare), Popular Culture From the English word, rarity, "a thing that is rare, especially one having particular value as a result". A My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character bears this name.
RathanakreaseyfKhmer Means "pile of stones, glass" or, possibly, "the ocean" in Khmer.
RáðnýfOld Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic Derived from the Germanic name elements ráð "advise, counsel, decision" and ný "new moon, waxing moon". This is the name of a character in the Old Norse poem Sólarljóð ("song of the sun").
RavshanoyfUzbek Uzbek feminine name derived from ravshan meaning "bright, clear" and oy meaning "moon".