Male "P" Names

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1. PAAVALI: Finnish form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
2. PAAVI: Pet form of Finnish Paavo, meaning "small."
3. PAAVO: Finnish form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
4. PABLO: Spanish form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
5. PACE: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the French personal name Pascal, meaning "Passover; Easter."
6. PACEY: Pet form of English Pace, meaning "Passover; Easter."
7. PACHATH-MOWAB (פֵּחַת-מוֹאָב): Hebrew name meaning "governor of Moab" and "pit of Moab." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of Babylonian exiles, and the name of the father of Hashub. 
8. PACHJO: Esperanto pet form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
9. PACHUA: Native American Hopi name meaning "feathered water snake."
10. PACO: Spanish pet form of Portuguese/Spanish Francisco, meaning "French."
11. PADDY: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Paidí, meaning "patrician; of noble birth."
12. PADEN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Páidín, meaning "little patrician" or "little noble."
13. PADERAU: Welsh unisex name meaning "beads; rosary."
14. PADMA (पद्म): Hindi unisex name meaning "lotus flower."
15. PÁDRAIG: Modern form of Old Irish Gaelic Patraicc, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
16. PÀDRAIG: Scottish Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic Pádraig, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
17. PADRIG: Breton and Welsh form of Irish Gaelic Pádraig, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
18. PÆGA: Anglo-Saxon name of uncertain origin, possibly related to Latin Paganus, a derivative of pagus, "outlying village," from which we got the word "Pagan," originally used to denote "a rustic," someone who lived in the country, and only later came to mean a heathen.
19. PÆON: Latin form of Greek Paion, meaning "healer." In mythology, this is the name of a physician god.
20. PAGE: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from a status name for a young boy who was apprenticed to a knight, hence "page; young servant."
21. PAHANA: Native American Hopi name meaning "lost white brother."
22. PAHATH-MOAB: Anglicized form of Hebrew Pachath-mowab, meaning "governor of Moab" and "pit of Moab." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of Babylonian exiles, and the name of the father of Hashub. 
23. PAIDÍ: Pet form of Irish Gaelic Pádraig, meaning "patrician; of noble birth."
24. PÁIDÍN: Diminutive form of Irish Gaelic P�draig, meaning "little patrician" or "little noble."
25. PAIAN (Παιάν): Variant spelling of Greek Paion, meaning "healer." 
26. PAION (Παίων): Greek name meaning "healer." In mythology, this is the name of a physician god.
27. PAISE: Short form of English unisex Paisley, meaning "church." 
28. PAISLEY: Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Pàislig, possibly derived from Late Latin basilica, meaning "church."
29. PAJACKOK: Native American Algonquin name meaning "thunder."
30. PAKI: African Xhosa and Egyptian name meaning "witness."
31. PÁL: Hungarian form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
32. PÀL: Scottish form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
33. PÅL: Swedish form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
34. PALAEMON: Latin form of Greek Palaimon, meaning "wrestler." In mythology, this is the name of a young sea god who aided sailors in distress.
35. PALAIMON (Πᾰλαιμον): Greek name meaning "wrestler." In mythology, this is the name of a young sea god who aided sailors in distress.
36. PALI: Possibly a Romani form of Hungarian P�l, meaning "small."

37. PALINOUROS: Greek name composed of the elements palin "back, contrary" or "new" and ouros "storm, wind" or "mountain," hence possibly "contrary wind" or "new mountain." In mythology, this is the name of the pilot of Aeneas's boat.

38. PALINURUS: Latin form of Greek Palinouros, possibly meaning "contrary wind" or "new mountain." In mythology, this is the name of the pilot of Aeneas's boat.

39. PÁLL: Icelandic form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
40. PALLAB (पल्लव): Variant spelling of Hindi Pallav, meaning "budding leaf."
41. PALLAS (Παλλάς): Greek unisex name derived from the word pallô, meaning "to brandish a weapon." In mythology, this is the name of many characters in Greek mythology: a son of Evander; a giant son of Uranus and Gaia; a Titan son of Crius and Eurybia; the father of the 50 Pallantids; a daughter of Triton; and it is an epithet of Athena. 
42. PALLAV (पल्लव): Hindi name meaning "budding leaf."
43. PALLU: Anglicized form of Hebrew Palluw, meaning "distinguished." In the bible, this is the name of the second son of Reuben.
44. PALLUW (פַּלוּא): Hebrew name meaning "distinguished." In the bible, this is the name of the second son of Reuben.
45. PALMER: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Latin palma, meaning "palm tree." Before it was a surname, Palmer was an old byname for "a pilgrim," someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually been there.
46. PALMIRO: Italian name derived from Latin palma, meaning "palm tree." This name is sometimes given to babies born on Palm Sunday.
47. PALU: Variant spelling of English Pallu, meaning "distinguished."
48. PAMPHILOS (Παμφιλος): Ancient Greek name composed of the elements pan "all" and philos "friend," hence "friend of all."
49. PAMPHILUS: Latin form of Greek Pamphilos, meaning "friend of all."
50. PAN (Πάν): Greek name derived from the word pa-on, meaning "herdsman." In mythology, this is the name of a god of shepherds and flocks, who had the horns, hindquarters and legs of a goat.
51. PANAGIOTAKIS (Παναγιωτάκης): Pet form of Greek Panagiotis, meaning "all-holy."
52. PANAGIOTIS (Παναγιώτης): Greek name composed of the elements pan "all" and hagios "holy," hence "all-holy."
53. PANAHASI: Egyptian name meaning "the barbarian."
54. PANAYIOTIS: Variant spelling of Greek Panagiotis, meaning "all-holy."
55. PANCHO: Spanish pet form of Portuguese/Spanish Francisco, meaning "French."
56. PANCRAS: Medieval English name derived from Latin Pancratius, meaning "all power."
57. PANCRATIUS: Latin form of Greek Pankratios, meaning "all power."
58. PANCRAZIO: Italian form of Latin Pancratius, meaning "all power."
59. PANDAROS (Πάνδαρος): Variant form of Greek Pantheras, meaning "all-hunter," i.e. "panther." In mythology, this is the name of the betrayer of the Greeks who hurled a lance at Menelaus, breaking a solemn oath.
60. PANFILO: Italian form of Latin Pamphilus, meaning "friend of all."
61. PANHSJ: Egyptian name meaning "the Nubian," i.e. "dark-complexioned."
62. PANKRATI: Variant spelling of Russian Pankratiy, meaning "all power." 
63. PANKRATII: Variant spelling of Russian Pankratiy, meaning "all power." 
64. PANKRATIOS (Πανκρατιος): Greek name composed of the elements pan "all" and kratos "power," hence "all power."
65. PANKRATIY (Панкратий): Russian form of Greek Pankratios, meaning "all power."
66. PANKRAZ: German form of Latin Pancratius, meaning "all power."
67. PANNOOWAU: Native American Algonquin name meaning "he lies."
68. PANOPTES (Πανόπτης): Greek name meaning "all-eyed." In mythology, this is an epithet of the giant Argos.
69. PANOS (Πάνος): Pet form of Greek Panagiotis, meaning "all-holy."
70. PANTALEON: Latin form of Greek Panteleimon, meaning "all-merciful." 
71. PANTALEONE: Italian form of Latin Pantaleon, meaning "all-merciful."
72. PANTELEIMON (Παντελεήμων): Greek name composed of the elements panta "all" and eleos "mercy," hence "all-merciful."
73. PANTERA: Latin form of Greek Pantheras, meaning "all-hunter," i.e. "panther."
74. PANTHERAS (Πάνθηρας): Ancient Greek name composed of the elements pan "all" and therao "to hunt," hence "all-hunter," i.e. "panther."
75. PANTZESKA: Basque form of Latin Franciscus, meaning "French."
76. PAOL: Breton form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
77. PAOLINO: Italian form of Roman Latin Paulinus, meaning "small."
78. PAOLO: Italian form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
79. PAORA: Maori form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
80. PAPAK (بابک): Variant spelling of Persian Babak, meaning "little father."
81. PAPILLION: French name derived from the word papillon, meaning "butterfly."
82. PAQUITO: Spanish pet form of Portuguese/Spanish Francisco, meaning "French."
83. PARACELSUS: Latin name meaning "equal to or greater than Celsus."
84. PARAMONIMOS (Παραμονιμος): Ancient Greek name possibly derived from the word paramone, meaning "constant, enduring," or composed of para "beside, beyond" and the name Monimos "to be favorable, pleasing." In ancient Greece there was a slave contract known as the paramone; though of limited duration, it was the most restrictive type of slavery, giving the master absolute rights.
85. PARAMONOS (Παραμονος): Contracted form of Greek Paramonimos, meaning either "constant, enduring" or "beyond Monimos." 
86. PARAMONUS: Latin form of Greek Paramonos, meaning either "constant, enduring" or "beyond Monimos." 
87. PARIDE: Italian form of Greek Paris, probably meaning "wager." 
88. PARIS (Greek: Πάρις): 
    1. Greek name probably derived from the word pari, meaning "wager." In mythology, this is the name of the son of Priam who kidnapped Helen and later fatally wounded Achilles. Because it had been prophesied that he would cause the collapse of Troy, his father gave him to a shepherd to be destroyed. The shepherd could not bring himself to kill the baby so he left him in the desert. Five days later he found the infant still alive and decided to "take a chance," and raise the child himself. He named the baby Paris.
    2. Modern English unisex name derived from the French capital city, Paris, from the name of a Gaulish tribe called the Parisii, who once lived on the site. 
89. PARKER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from Middle English parc "park," hence "park-keeper." Note: in the Middle Ages a park was an enclosed area where the park-owner hunted game.
90. PÀRLAN: Scottish Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic Parthalán, possibly meaning "son of Talmai."
91. PAROH (פַּרְעׄה): Hebrew name of Egyptian origin, meaning "great house." In the bible, this is a title for the king of Egypt.
92. PAROUNAG: Armenian name meaning "grateful."
93. PARRIS: Variant spelling of English unisex Paris, derived from the name of the French capital city, Paris, from the name of a Gaulish tribe called the Parisii, who once lived on the site. 
94. PARRY: 
    1. Variant spelling of English Perry, meaning "wanderer."
    2. Welsh surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of ap Harry, meaning "son of Harry."
95. PARSIFAL: Variant spelling of German Parzifal, meaning "pierced valley." 
96. PARTH: Short form of Irish Gaelic Parthalán, possibly meaning "son of Talmai."
97. PARTHALÁN: Irish Gaelic legend name, thought by some to have been derived from Latin Bartholomaeus, meaning "son of Talmai." As the legend goes, this name belonged to an early invader of Ireland who was the first to arrive on those shores after the biblical flood.
98. PARVAIZ: Variant spelling of Persian Parviz, meaning "fortunate."
99. PARVIZ (پرويز): Persian name meaning "fortunate."
100. PARWIZ: Variant spelling of Persian Parviz, meaning "fortunate."
101. PARZIFAL: German form of French Percevel, meaning "pierced valley."
102. PARZIVAL: German form of French Percevel, meaning "pierced valley."
103. PASCAL: French name derived from Latin Paschalis, meaning "Passover; Easter." This name was popular with early Christians, mainly given to sons born at Easter time.
104. PASCHAL: Variant spelling of French Pascal, meaning "Passover; Easter."
105. PASCHALIS: Late Latin name derived from the word Pascha, from Hebrew Pesach ("Passover"), hence "Passover; Easter."
106. PASCO: Cornish form of French Pascal, meaning "Passover; Easter."
107. PASCOAL: Portuguese form of Latin Paschalis, meaning "Passover; Easter."
108. PASCUAL: Spanish form of Latin Paschalis, meaning "Passover; Easter."
109. PASHA (Паша): Russian pet form of Czech/Russian Pavel, meaning "small."
110. PASI: Pet form of Finnish Paavo, meaning "small." 
111. PASQUALE: Italian form of Latin Paschalis, meaning "Passover; Easter."
112. PASQUALINO: Pet form of Italian Pasquale, meaning "Passover; Easter."
113. PASTOR: Spanish name derived from Latin Pastor, meaning "shepherd." St. Pastor was a 9-year-old boy who along with his 13-year-old brother, Justus, was martyred at Alcalá de Henares in the early 4th century.
114. PAT: English unisex short form of English Patrick and Latin Patricia, meaning "patrician; of noble birth."
115. PATARIKI: Maori form of Greek Patrikios, meaning "patrician, of noble descent."
116. PATLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "medicine."
117. PATRAICC: Old Irish Gaelic name derived from Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
118. PATRICE: Medieval French form of Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
119. PATRICIO: Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician; of noble birth."
120. PATRICIUS: Latin name meaning "patrician; of noble birth."
121. PATRICK: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Pádraig, meaning "patrician; of noble descent." 
122. PATRIK: Czech and Hungarian form of Greek Patrikios, meaning "patrician, of noble descent."
123. PATRIKIOS (Πατρίκιος): Greek form of Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician, of noble descent."
124. PATRIZIO: Italian form of Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician, of noble descent."
125. PATROCLUS: Latin form of Greek Patroklos, meaning "glory of the father." In mythology, this is the name of the best friend of Achilles. Both were heroes who fought against the Trojans.
126. PATROKLOS (Πάτροκλος): Greek name composed of the elements patros "of the father" and kleos "glory," hence "glory of the father." In mythology, this is the name of the best friend of Achilles. Both were heroes who fought against the Trojans.
127. PATRYK: Polish form of Greek Patrikios, meaning "patrician, of noble descent."
128. PATSY: English unisex name meaning "patrician; of noble birth." It is a pet form of both English Patrick and Latin Patricia. 
129. PATXI: Pet form of Basque Pantzeska, meaning "French." 
130. PATYA (Патя): Pet form of Russian Ipati, meaning "most high, supreme." 
131. PAU: Catalan form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
132. PAUL: English and French form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small." In the bible, this is the name of the author of the 14 epistles of the New Testament.
133. PAULI: Finnish form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
134. PAULIE: English pet form of English/French Paul, meaning "small."
135. PAULIN: Basque form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
136. PAULINO: Portuguese and Spanish form of Roman Latin Paulinus, meaning "small."
137. PAULINUS: Roman family name derived from Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
138. PAULIUS: Lithuanian form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
139. PAULO: Basque, Esperanto and Portuguese form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
140. PAULOS (Παύλος): Greek form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small." In the bible, this is the name of the author of the 14 epistles of the New Testament.
141. PAULU: Corsican form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
142. PAULUS: Roman Latin family name derived from a byname meaning "small." In the bible, this is the name of the author of the 14 epistles of the New Testament.
143. PAUWEL: Dutch form of Latin Paulus, meaning "small."
144. PAVAO: Croatian form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
145. PAVEL (Павел): Czech and Russian form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
146. PAVILS: Latvian form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
147. PAVLE (Павле): Serbian form of Greek Pavlos, meaning "small."
148. PAVLO (Павло): Ukrainian form of Greek Pavlos, meaning "small."
149. PAVLOS (Παύλος): Variant spelling of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."
150. PAVOL: Slovak form of Greek Paulos, meaning "small."

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