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Phaylon m & f American (Modern, Rare)

Phayre f English
Variant of Fayre.

Pheaby f American (Rare, Archaic)
Early American variant of Phoebe.

Pheba f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Latinate form of Phebe.

Pheby f English (Archaic)
Variant of Phoebe.

Phelicia f English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Felicia.

Phelina f English (Rare)
Either a variant of Felina or a feminization of Phelan.

Pheline f English, German, Flemish
Variant of Phéline.

Phelisha f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Variant of Felicia.

Phelps f English
Transferred use of the surname Phelps.

Phely f & m English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)

Phemia f Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Short form of Euphemia.

Phena f English (American)

Pheney f English (Rare)

Phenix m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Phoenix.

Phennana f Biblical Greek, English (Puritan)
Greek form of Peninnah, as it first appeared in the Septuagint. Also see Phenenna.... [more]

Phenyx f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Phoenix.

Pheodosia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Theodosia.

Pheona f English (African)

Pheonix m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Erroneous spelling of Phoenix.

Pheraby f American (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]

Phereby f American (South, Rare)
Variant of Pheraby.

Pheribee f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Pheraby.

Pherndena f African American (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Ferndena.

Phiby f English
Variant of Phoebe.

Phila f English
From Ancient Greek φιλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend", or a shortened form of names beginning with Phila.

Philandra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Philander.

Philberta f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Philbert.

Phildel f English (Rare)
In the case of singer-songwriter Phildel, it is a combination of her parents names - Philip and Della. -

Philece f English (Modern)

Philémond m Louisiana Creole, French (Quebec)
Variant of Philémon.

Philena f English (Rare)

Philene f English (American, Rare), Haitian Creole, South African
Possibly a variant of Philine, a contraction of Philomène, or a feminine form of Phil using the common name suffix lene.

Phileo m English (Rare)
Presumably a variant of Philo.

Philhelmina f English (Rare)
Variant of Philomena, influenced by Wilhelmina.

Philia f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Derived from Greek philia "love", specifically referring to any kind of platonic love. In the English-speaking world, this name has seen occasional usage from the 17th century onwards.

Philian m English, German
Derived from Philianus, which is the latinized form of Greek Philianos. It is ultimately derived from Greek philos "friend" or phileo "to love". Compare also Philon... [more]

Philianne f English (Rare)
Either a feminine form of Philian or an elaboration of Philia.

Philibina f American (Rare, Archaic)
Maybe a variant of Philippina.

Philidore m English, French, Literature
Philidore likely meaning "gift of love", from the Greek philos (φιλος) meaning "friend, lover" and doron (δωρον) meaning "gift".... [more]

Philie m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Philip.

Philietta f English (Rare)

Philina f German (Rare), English (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Philine.

Philinda f English (American, Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)

Philipina f English (African), German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Philippina.

Phill m English
Variant of Phil.

Phillemon m English (African), Southern African
Variant of Philemon. This form of the name appears to be used in southern Africa.

Phillette f American (Rare)

Phillipia f English, Jamaican Patois
Elaboration of Phillipa.

Phillipina f English (African)
Variant of Philippina.

Phillipp m English

Phillippa f English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Feminine form of Phillip.

Phillippe m English (Rare), French (African)
English variant of Philip and French variant of Philippe.

Phillips m English (Puritan)
Transferred use of the surname Phillips.

Phillisa f American (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of Phillis.

Phillisco m & f American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a modern variation of Philiscus

Philly f English
Diminutive of Philippa, Phyllis and other names containing the element Phil-.

Philly m & f Irish (Rare), English (Modern)
Irish diminutive of Pilib, the Irish form of Philip. As an English name, it can also be a diminutive of names beginning with Phil-, such as Philip, Phyllis and Philomena.... [more]

Phillys f English (Rare)
Variant of Phyllis.

Philmore m English (Rare)
Likely a variant of Fillmore, influenced by Phil.

Philomina f Dutch (Rare), English (African)
Variant of Philomena.

Philomon m American (Archaic), Indian (Christian)
Variant of Philemon.

Philonese f Louisiana Creole
Variant of Philonise.

Philonise m African American

Philotte f Dutch (Archaic), English (Archaic)

Phina f English (American, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Diminutive of names ending in -phina like Josephina or Seraphina.

Phinley m & f English (Rare)
Rare variant of Finley

Phinly f & m American (Rare)
Variant of Finley.

Phinnaeus m English (Rare)
Variant of Phineas.

Phinneas m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Phineas. Also compare Finneas and Phinnaeus.

Phiona f English, English (African), French (African)
Variant of Fiona. It is used mainly in Uganda (regarding (African) English usage) and Burundi (regarding African French usage).... [more]

Phlox f English (Rare)
Taken from the name of the flower, whose name is derived from Greek phlox "flame". As a given name, it has been in occasional use in the English-speaking world from the late 19th century onwards.

Phoebee f English
Variant of Phoebe.

Phoebie f English (Rare)
Variant of Phoebe.

Phoenicia f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization Phoenicia.

Phoenie f American (South, Rare, Archaic)

Phoenyx f & m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Phoenix.

Phonce m English

Phonia f Jamaican Patois (Rare), South African (Rare), American (Rare, Archaic)
Likely a diminutive of some kind.

Phosy f American (Rare, Archaic)

Phrankee f English (Modern)
Variant spelling of Frankie.

Phronsie f English
Diminutive of Sophronia, the name of the youngest child in Margaret Sydney's "Five Little Peppers"

Phyl m & f English
Diminutive of Phylip, Philippa and other names that begin with Phil.

Phylecia f African American
Variant of Felicia. Also compare Phylicia.

Phylicia f African American
Blend of Phyllis and Felicia. Famous bearer is Phylicia Rashad, actress.

Phylis f English (American)
Variant of Phyllis.

Phylisha f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Phylicia.

Phyllip m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Phillip.

Phyllisity f English (Rare)
Variant of Felicity influenced by Phyllis.

Phylliss f American (Rare)
Variant of Phyllis.

Phylly f English
Perhaps a diminutive of Philadelphia.

Phyra f English

Phyre f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of the word fire.

Picabo f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the name of the village Picabo in Idaho.

Pidge m & f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
From the word pidgeon. It has been used extensively as a nickname and also rarely as an official name.

Pidgeon m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Archaic form of pigeon, a bird, inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem “chirping bird”, derived from Latin pīpiāre “chirp”... [more]

Pidgey m English (Rare, Archaic)
Variation of Pidge. This was the nickname of American baseball player Pidgey Morgan (1853-1910).

Pieper f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pieper.

Piercy m & f English (British, Rare)
A variant of Piers, a Middle English form of Peter. Peter is derived from the Greek petros, meaning "stone" or "rock".

Pierpont m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pierpont.

Pierson m English (American, Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Pierson.

Pike m English
Transferred use of the surname Pike. May also be used in reference to the various species of fish.

Pilate m Biblical, English (Puritan), English (African, Rare)
English form of the Roman cognomen Pilatus, which meant "armed with a javelin" from Latin pila "javelin". This was most famously borne by Pontius Pilate, the prefect of the Roman province of Judaea ca... [more]

Pilgrim m Medieval German, English (Rare), English (Puritan)
Medieval German form of both Biligrim and Peregrinus (see Peregrine), as these names were conflated with each other in the Middle Ages... [more]

Pili m African American

Pillsbury m English
An adaptation of the surname Pillsbury into a given name.

Pilot m English (Rare)
Either from the surname Pilot, which is derived from Pilate, or directly from the vocabulary word pilot, which is derived from either Greek πηδον (pedon) "steering oar" or πλωτης (plotes) "sailor"... [more]

Pimm m English
Variant of Pim.

Pimpernel f Literature, English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
From the flower Scarlet Pimpernel, a low growing annual plant. It is well known for being the emblem of the fictional hero of the same name. Tolkien used the name for one of the Took sisters.

Pinafore f English

Pinckney m English (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)

Pink m & f English
A nickname from the color pink, or a diminutive of names such as Patrick or Patricia.

Pinkerton m & f English
Transferred use of surname Pinkerton

Pinkey f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Pinkie.

Pinkie f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Pink. Borne by a character of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

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

Pinky f & m English, Filipino
Variant of Pink. Sometimes used for someone with a pink complexion.

Pioneer m English
From early 16th century (as a military term denoting a member of the infantry) from French pionnier ‘foot soldier, pioneer’, Old French paonier, from paon, from Latin pedo, pedon-.

Pioquinto m Spanish (Mexican), American (Hispanic), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
A name given in honor of Pope Pius V, a saint of the Catholic Church.

Pipere f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Piper.

Piperita f English (Modern, Rare)
From Menthos Piperita, the botanical name of Peppermint. This could also be a combination of {Piper} and {Rita}.

Pippy f English
Diminutive of Philippa.

Pique m American (Hispanic)
Transferred use of the surname Piqué.... [more]

Pirate m & f English (Rare)
From the English word pirate, from Latin pirata, from Greek peiratēs, from peirein ‘to attempt, attack’ (from peira ‘an attempt’).

Pirie m English

Pirouette f English (Rare, ?)

Pistol m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From mid 16th century: from obsolete French pistole, from German Pistole, from Czech pišt'ala, of which the original meaning was ‘whistle’, hence ‘a firearm’ by the resemblance in shape.

Pitch m English
Diminutive of Pitcher.

Pitcher m English
Transferred use of the surname Pitcher.

Pitt m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pitt. A fictional bearer was Sir Pitt Crawley in William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel 'Vanity Fair' (1848), a character apparently named in honour of the 18th-century British statesman William Pitt, nicknamed "The Great Commoner" (for whom the U.S. city of Pittsburgh was also named).

Pity f English (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).

Pixi f English (Australian)
Variant of Pixie.

Pixie f English (British)
From the English word pixie referring to a playful sprite or elf-/fairy-like creature, originating from Devon and Cornwall in southwest England.

Placidia f Late Roman, English (African, Rare), English (Puritan)
Feminine form of Placidius, which was a derivative of the Latin cognomen Placidus.

Platinum f English (American, Rare)
From the metal platinum, derived from Spanish platina, a diminutive of plata "silver". It can also be taken from the color platinum, derived from the metal.

Platt m English
Transferred use of the surname Platt.

Plavka f American (Rare)
In the case of American singer Plavka Coleridge (née Lonich) the name was derived from a Croatian worn meaning "blondie". It is not used as a name in Croatia.

Pleas m American (South)
Diminutive of Pleasant.

Pleasant m & f English (Puritan, Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Derived from the English word, which is derived from Anglo-Norman plaisant "delightful" and ultimately from Latin placens "pleasing; agreeable".... [more]

Pleasantine f English (Rare)

Pleasure f & m English (African, Rare)
From the English word pleasrue meaning "A state of being pleased or contented; gratification." This name is most common in African countries like Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Ples m English (Rare)
Short form of Pleasant (compare Pleas).

Plesette f English (African)

Plezette f African American (Modern, Rare)

Plum f & m English
From Middle English ploume, from Old English plume "plum, plum tree," from an early Germanic borrowing (Middle Dutch prume, Dutch pruim, Old High German pfluma, pfruma, German Pflaume) from Vulgar Latin *pruna, from Latin prunum "plum," from Greek prounon, a later form of proumnon, a word of unknown origin, which is probably, like the tree itself, of Anatolian origin.

Pluma f American (Rare)
Borrowing from Latin plūma, meaning "feather."

Plumeria f English (Rare)
From the name of the flowering plant that is also known as frangipani.

Plummer m English
Transferred use of the surname Plummer.

Plutina f American (South, Archaic)
Probably an invented name, used primarily in the Southern United States in the 19th century. Plutina Cox is the heroine of Waldron Baily's novel 'The Heart of the Blue Ridge' (1915), set in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Plymouth m & f English (Rare), English (American)
Either derived directly from the place name (see Plymouth) or transferred from the surname which is derived from the place name.

Po m English (American, Rare, ?)
Diminutive of names beginning with P like Philip, etc.

Poe m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Poe.... [more]

Poem m & f English
From French poème or Latin poema, from Greek poēma, early variant of poiēma ‘fiction, poem,’ from poiein ‘create.’ See also Poema.

Poema f English (Canadian)
Elaboration or feminization of Poem.

Poesy f American (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"

Poet f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word meaning "someone who writes poems". From the Old French poete, from Latin poēta 'poet, author', from Ancient Greek poiētēs (ποιητής) 'creator, maker, author, poet', from poieō (poieō) 'I make, compose'.

Poetica f American (Rare)

Poetry f & m American (Rare, Archaic)

Poetta f English (Rare)

Pognon m French (Cajun), African American, American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Pognon.

Poinsettia f English (Rare)
From the flower Euphorbia pulcherrima, which was named for an American Minister to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, who discovered the flower in 1828.

Polana f American (Rare, Archaic)

Polaris f & m Astronomy, Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Latin stella polaris, meaning "pole star". This is the proper Latin name of the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. It is borne by a character (real name Lorna Dane) in Marvel's X-Men line of comics, created in 1968.

Policarpe m Louisiana Creole, French (Quebec)
Variant of Polycarpe.

Polite m Louisiana Creole (Archaic), Walloon
Truncated form of Hypolite.

Polk m English
Transferred use of the surname Polk.

Poll f English
Short for Polly.

Polleen f English (American, Rare)
A blend of Polly and Colleen.

Pollyanne f English

Pollye f English
A variant spelling of Polly.

Polo m Spanish, English, Italian, English (American), Medieval Spanish, Medieval Italian
This name likely roots from Paolo or Paulo, and Polo is a variant of both. It can be used in association with the sport also, but very rarely is.

Polydore m English (Archaic), French (Archaic), French (African, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), Flemish (Rare), Walloon (Rare)
English and French form of Polydoros via its latinized form Polydorus.... [more]

Pomeroy m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pomeroy.

Pontian m English
English form of Pontianus. This name was borne by a pope from the 3rd century AD.

Pontress f American (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pontress.

Poot m American (Rare)
Malik "Poot" Carr is the name of a character in the HBO drama 'The Wire' (2002-2008).

Pop m & f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Poppy and nickname derived from pop, shortened variation of papa "father," in use in American English as early as 1838.

Pope m English (Archaic)
From English pope, a religious title for a bishop.

Poppea f English (Rare, Archaic), Theatre, Italian (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Variant of Poppaea. This name was used for the title character of Claudio Monteverdi's opera 'L'incoronazione di Poppea' (1642).

Poppet f & m English
From the Middle English popet, meaning "a small child or doll." Used in specifically British and formerly British controlled countries.

Poppi f English
Variant of Poppy.

Poppie f English (British)
Variant of Poppy.

Porcelain f English (American, Rare)
Taken from the material porcelain, ultimately derived from Italian porcellana "cowrie shell".

Porsha f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Portia.

Portian m English, Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
English form of Portianus.

Portland f English (Rare)
Meaning, "land surrounding the water" and used in reference to the place of Portland, Oregon which itself is named after Portland, Maine, which is thusly named after the Isle of Portland, England. This name was borne by comedienne, actress, and dancer, Portland Hoffa.

Portwood m English
Transferred use of the surname Portwood.

Portya f English
Variant of Portia.

Posa f English (Rare)
Variant of Posy.

Posey f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Posey or variant of Posy.

Posh f Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word posh, assigned as a nickname 'Posh Spice' to the Spice Girl Victoria Beckham by the magazine 'Top of the Pops'.

Possie f American (South, Rare)
Variant of Posie.

Possy f & m English (Rare), Literature
Rare variant of Posy or a transferred use of a rare surname, Possy.

Posthuma f Medieval English (?), English (Archaic)
Feminization of Posthumus. (Cf. Postuma.) This was used as a second or third name to indicate the child's father had died before her birth, e.g. Gulielma Maria Posthuma Springett (1644-1694), the wife of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

Potiphar m Biblical, English (African, Rare)
From Egyptian p-di-p-r' meaning "he whom Ra gave", composed of the definite article p- "the one" combined with di "whom he gave" and r', the name of the supreme god Ra... [more]

Potter m English, English (Puritan)
Transferred use of the surname Potter.

Poupon f & m Louisiana Creole

Poupone f Louisiana Creole
Variant of Poupon and Pouponne.

Pouponne f Louisiana Creole
Feminization of Poupon.

Powell m American
Transferred use of the surname Powell.

Power m English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word power meaning "a source or means of supplying energy" or transferred use of the surname Power 1 or Power 2.

Powerful f African American
From Middle English pouerful, powarfull, equivalent to power +‎ -ful.

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

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

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]

Prarie f English

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.

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

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

Praya f English

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

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

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

Precius f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Precious.

Prenethis m African American (Rare)

Prentice m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Prentice.

Prentis m English (Rare)
Variant of Prentice.

Prentiss m & f English, Scottish
Transferred use of the surname Prentiss.

Pres m English
Short form of Preston, Prescott, or other names beginning with "Pres". Preston "Pres" Dillard is a character in the 1938 film "Jezebel."

Prescott m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Prescott.

Presela f English (Puritan)
Variant of Priscilla.

Presendia f English (American)

Preserved m & f English (Puritan)
Name given to a child when spared from certain death during childbirth.

Preshea f English
A notable fictional bearer of this name is Preshea Villentia, née Buss from Gail Carriger’s Finishing School book series. A notable bearer of a variant of this name is gospel singer Preashea Hilliard.

Preshus f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Precious.

Preslee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Presley.

Presleigh f & m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Presley.

Presli f English (Modern)
Variant of Presley.

Presly f English (American)
Variant of Presley.

Preslynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Presley and Lynn.

Press m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Press or possibly a short form of names with the element press, such as Presley.

Pressley f English (Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Presley. The most popular year for this name was 2007 when 40 girls were given this name.

Prestelle f American (Rare)

Presten m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Preston.

Prestin m English (Modern)
Variant of Preston.

Prestina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Preston

Prestyn m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant and feminine form of Preston.

Pretoria f English (Rare)
Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Previn m Indian, English (Modern, Rare)

Priah f English (American, Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be an anglicized or americanized spelling of the Sanskrit name Priya meaning "beloved".... [more]

Pricilla f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Priscilla.

Pride f English (Puritan, Modern)
From late Old English prȳde ‘excessive self-esteem’, variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd. Referring to "pride cometh before the fall."

Priella f English, Hebrew
Variant of Priela

Priestley m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Priestley.

Prillie f English (Canadian)
Used in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Either from a genus of flower or the municipality Prilly in Switzerland. Etymology for either unknown, though probably of Germanic origin.

Prim f English, Literature
Short form of Primrose and Primula.

Primadonna f American (Rare)

Primian m English
English form of Primianus.

Primmie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Primula (traditional) and Primrose (modern).... [more]

Princee f English
Variant of Princy.

Princessa f English
Elaboration of Princess.

Princetyn m English
Variant of Princeton.

Princewill m American (Rare)
Transferred use of surname Princewill

Princey m English
Diminutive of Prince and Princeton.

Princi f English
Variant of Princy.

Princie f English
Variant of Princy.

Princy m & f English
Diminutive of Prince and Princess.

Prinnie f English (Australian)
Namesake by a Voice Kids judge.

Prinscella f American (Rare)

Prinze m English
Variant of Prince.

Priscah f English (African)
Variant spelling of Prisca.

Priscalyn f English (American)
A combination of the name Priscilla or Prisca with the suffix of -lyn.

Priscian m English, German
English and German form of Priscianus. This name was borne by a Latin grammarian from the 6th century AD.

Priscillian m English
English form of Priscillianus. This name was borne by a bishop of Ávila (Spain) from the 4th century AD.

Prisma f English

Priss f English
Variant of Pris.

Prissie f English
Diminutive of Priscilla.

Prissilla f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Priscilla.

Pristina f American (Modern, Rare)
Female form of the Latin word pristinus "pristine" or derived from Pristina, largest city of the Kosovo.

Pristine f English (Modern, Rare)
May be used after the word ‘pristine’, Latin pristinus. May also be used as a combination of Prissy and Christine.

Prival m Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Privat.

Proctor m English (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Proctor.

Prodigy m English (Modern, Rare)
Meaning "gifted".

Progress m & f English (African)

Proper m & f English

Prophecy m & f English (American, Modern, Rare), English (African, Rare)
From the English word prophecy, meaning "A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration."... [more]

Prophet m African American (Modern), English (African)
From the English word prophet, ultimately from Greek προφήτης (prophetes) meaning "one who speaks for a god" (itself from πρό (pro) "before" and φημί (phemi) "to speak, to declare").

Prose f English (African, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Prose.

Prosperina f English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Prosper and Prospero and diminutive form of Prospera.

Prosperity f English (African, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
English cognate of Prosperidad.

Proverb m & f English (Puritan), African
Referring to the book of Proverbs in the Bible.

Providence f English (Puritan), English (African), Romani (Archaic)
Derived from the English word denoting "a manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention".

Prudie f English (Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Diminutive of Prudence.

Prudy f English
Diminutive of Prudence.

Pruella f American (Archaic)

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

Prussia f American
From the name of the state Prussia.

Pryme m English

Prynce m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Prince.

Pryncess f English
Variant of Princess.

Pryor m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pryor.

Psalm m & f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare), Various
From the English word psalm which refers to a sacred song or poem, especially one of the hymns by David and others which were collected into the Old Testament Book of Psalms... [more]

Psalms f & m English (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).

Ptarmigan f English (Rare)
This name comes from a small genus of birds in the grouse subfamily, whose genus name is Lagopus. The name is derived from Scottish Gaelic tàrmachan, which is of unknown origin, and the Pt- spelling was adopted as early as the 1680s through a mistaken Greek construction, which may be based on the Greek word pteron meaning "wing."

Puckett m American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Puckett.

Puma f American (Rare)
Spanish from Quechua word puma, the name for a large American feline.

Purdey f & m English (Rare), French (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname, a variant of Purdie.... [more]

Purdy m & f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Purdie.