Boys' Names: A


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Pa	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paarai	Hebrew	Unknown
Paavali/Paavo	Finnish	see Paul
Pabla		see Paul
Pablo	Spanish	see Paul
Pace/Pacey		see Pascal
Pachjo	Esperanto	see Paul
Packard	Unknown	One who packs
Paco (also Pancho)	Unknown (from Francisco)	French
Pad/Paddy	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paden		see Patrick
Paderau	Welsh	Rosary
Padhra (parra)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Padhraic (paw-rig)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Padhraig/Padhrig (pawd-rig)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Padma	Sanskrit	Lotus
Padraic (paw-rig)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Padraig (pawd-rig)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Padrig	Welsh	see Patrick
Page	French	Young assistant
Pagiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Pahath-moab	Hebrew	Unknown
Paid (pawj)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paidi (paw-jee)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paidin (paw-jean)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paine	Latin	Man from the country
Paise		see Pascal
Paisley	Scottish	City in Scotland
Paiti (paw-chee)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paki	African	Witness
Pal	Hungarian	see Paul
Palani	Unknown	Free man
Palash	Hindu	Flowery tree
Palben	Basque	Blond
Paley		see Paul
Pallas	Greek	Understanding
Pallu	Hebrew	Unknown
Palma	Latin	All sweetness
Palmer (also Palmiro)	Old French	Pilgrim
Palti (also Paltiel)	Hebrew	My escape
Pamphilos (also Panfilo)	Greek	Friend of all
Panas	Russian	Immortal
Pancho	Spanish	see Paco
Pancras/Pancrazio		see Pankratios
Panfilo		see Pamphilos
Pankratios (also Pancras, Pancrazio, Pankrati, Pankraz)	Greek	All power
Panther (also Pantheras)	Greek	Hunter of all
Paolo	Italian	see Paul
Papillion	French	Butterfly
Paraic	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paramesh	Hindu	Greatest
Paramonos	Greek	Steadfast
Paris (also Parris)	Greek	Unknown
Parker	Old French	Keeper of the park
Parkin	Unknown	Young Peter
Parlan	Gaelic	see Parthalan
Parley	Unknown	To speak
Parmashta	Unknown	Unknown
Parnach	Hebrew	Unknown
Parnell	French	Little Peter
Parosh	Hebrew	Unknown
Parra	Gaelic	see Patrick
Parris		see Paris
Parrish	English	Church district
Parry	Welsh	Son of Harry
Parshandatha	Unknown	Unknown
Parsifal	German	see Percival
Parson	Unknown	Minister
Parthalan (parth-a-lon) (also Parlan, Parth, Parthalon, Parthlan, Partnan)	Gaelic (from Bartholomew)	Son of Tolmai
Parthenios	Greek	A saint
Parthlan (parth-lawn)	Gaelic	see Parthalan
Partnan (part-nawn)	Gaelic	see Parthalan
Parvah	Hebrew	Unknown
Parvaiz (also Parwiz)	Persian	Fortunate
Pasach	Hebrew	Unknown
Pascal (also Pace, Pacey, Paise, Paschal, Pascual, Pasquale)	Italian	Relating to Easter or Passover
Paseah	Hebrew	Unknown
Pasha		see Paul
Pashhur	Hebrew	Unknown
Pasi	Unknown	King
Pasquale		see Pascal
Passhur	Hebrew	Unknown
Pat		see Patrick
Patamon	Native American	Raging
Patch		see Peter
Patrick (also Pa, Pad, Paddy, Paden, Padhra, Padhraic, Padhraig, Padhrig, Padraic, Padraig, Padrig, Paid, Paidi, Paidin, Paiti, Paraic, Parra, Pat, Patrice, Patricio, Patrik, Patrizio, Patryk, Patsy, Patton, Paudeen, Phaedrig)	Latin	Nobleman
Patroclus	Greek	Glory of the father
Patryk		see Patrick
Patsy		see Patrick
Patterson	Gaelic	Son of Pat
Patton		see Patrick
Patya	Unknown (from Hypatia)	Surpassing
Pau		see Paul
Paudeen	Gaelic	see Patrick
Paul (also Paavali, Paavo, Pabla, Pablo, Pachjo, Pal, Paley, Paolo, Pasha, Pau, Pauli, Paulin, Paulino, Paulo, Paulos, Pavel, Pavlo, Pavlos, Pawel, Pol, Poul)	Latin	Small
Pavit	Hindu	Pure
Pavlo/Pavlos/Pawel		see Paul
Paxton	Teutonic	Travelling trader
Payil	Unknown	High spirited
Payton (also Peyton)	Old English	Peacock town
Peadair/Peadar (pa-ther)	Gaelic	see Peter
Pearce/Pearse		see Peter
Pedahel	Hebrew	Unknown
Pedahzur	Hebrew	Unknown
Pedaiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Peder	Danish	see Peter
Pedr	Welsh	see Peter
Pedro	Spanish	see Peter
Peers		see Peter
Pegasus	Greek	Strong
Pekka	Finnish	see Peter
Pelaiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Pelatiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Peleg	Hebrew	Division
Pelet	Hebrew	Unknown
Peleth	Hebrew	Unknown
Pelham	Unknown	Fur skin
Pellegrino	Italian	see Peregrine
Pelton	English	Town by a pool
Pembroke	Old Welsh	A broken hill
Pena	Latin	Pen
Peni	Hawaiian (from Benjamin)	Son of my right hand
Penley	English	Enclosed meadow
Penn (also Penrod)	English	Enclosure
Penuel	Hebrew	Unknown
Pepe (also Pepito)	Spanish (from Joseph)	May he add
Pepin	Germanic	Determind
Pepito		see Pepe
Per	Scandinavian	see Peter
Percival (also Parsifal, Perce, Perceval, Percy)	Old French	To pierce the valley
Pere	Catalan	see Peter
Peregrine (also Pellegrino, Perrin, Perry)	Latin	Traveller
Peresh	Hebrew	Unknown
Perez	Hebrew	Breaking out
Pericles	Greek	To enlose
Perrin/Perry		see Peregrine
Perseus	Greek	To destroy
Perth	Scottish	Thornbush
Perttu	Finnish (from Bartholomew)	Son of Tolmai
Pervis	Latin	Passage
Peter (also Patch, Peadair, Peadar, Pearce, Pearse, Peder, Pedr, Pedro, Peers, Pekka, Per, Pere, Petar, Pete, Peterkin, Petr, Petras, Petri, Petro, Petros, Petteri, Petur, Peyo, Piaras, Pier, Pierce, Piero, Pierre, Piers, Piet, Pietari, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr, Pyotr)	Greek	Rock
Pethehiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Peullethai	Hebrew	Unknown
Peverell	French	Piper
Peyo		see Peter
Peyton		see Payton
Phaedrig (faw-drig)	Gaelic	see Patrick
Pharamond	Unknown (from Faramond)	Protection on a journey
Pharzam	Unknown	Unknown
Phelan	English (from Faolan)	Wolf
Phelim (fay-lim)	Gaelic (from Feidhlim)	Constant
Phicol	Hebrew	Unknown
Phil	Greek	Friend
Philander	Greek	Friend of man
Philbert		see Philibert
Philemon	Greek	Affectionate
Philibert (also Philbert)	Unknown (from Filibert)	Much brightness
Philip (also Philipp, Philippe, Phillip, Pilib, Pilip, Pip)	Greek	Friend of horses
Philo (also Philon)	Greek	To love
Philokrates	Greek	Friend of power
Philon		see Philo
Phineas (also Phinehas, Pinchas)	Hebrew	Serpent's mouth
Phobos	Greek	Fear
Phocas	Latin	A seal
Phoebus	Latin	Bright, pure
Phoenix	Greek	Dark red
Phrixus	Greek	Thrilling
Phyre	Unknown	Burning brightly
Piaras (peer-ash)	Gaelic	see Peter
Picabo	English	Peek a boo
Pich	Khmer	Diamond
Pier		see Peter
Pierce	Old French	see Peter
Piero	Italian	see Peter
Pierre	French	see Peter
Piers	Middle English	see Peter
Piet	Dutch	see Peter
Pietari	Finnish	see Peter
Pieter	Dutch	see Peter
Peitro	Italian	see Peter
Pildash	Hebrew	Unknown
Pilib/Pilip (fil-ib)	Gaelic	see Philip
Pillan	Unknown	God of stormy weather
Pinchas	Yiddish	see Phineas
Pinon	Hebrew	Unknown
Piotr	Polish	see Peter
Pip		see Philip
Piram	Unknown	Unknown
Pispah	Hebrew	Unknown
Pitambar	Sanskrit	Yellow garments
Pithon	Hebrew	Unknown
Pius	Latin	Pious
Placidus (also Placid, Placido)	Latin	Quiet, calm
Plato	Greek	Broad shouldered
Platt	Unknown	Ground without slope
Pluto	Greek	Wealth
Po Mya	Unknown	Grandfather Emerald
Pol (pole)	Gaelic	see Paul
Poldi (also Poldie)	Germanic (from Leopold)	Bold people
Pollux (also Polydeukes)	Latin	Very thoughtful
Polo	Unknown	Alligator
Polydeukes		see Pollux
Ponce	Unknown	Fifth
Pontius (also Poncio, Pons, Pontus, Ponzio)	Latin	Bridge
Poratha	Unknown	Unknown
Porfirio	Greek	Purple dye
Porter	Old French	Doorkeeper
Poseidon	Greek	Lord of the earth
Potiphar	Ancient Egyptian	Unknown
Potiphera	Ancient Egyptian	Unknown
Poul	Danish	see Paul
Powa	Unknown	Wealthy
Prabhakar	Sanskrit	Light maker
Prabhat	Sanskrit	Morning light
Prabhu	Sanskrit	Mighty
Prabodh	Sanskrit	Awakening
Pradeep	Sanskrit	Lantern
Prakash	Sanskrit	Light
Pramod	Sanskrit	Joy
Pran	Sanskrit	Breath
Pranciskis	Lithuanian	see Proinsias
Prasad	Sanskrit	Brightness
Pratap	Sanskrit	Heat
Praxis	Greek	Action
Praxiteles	Greek	Purposeful action
Precious	English	Valuable
Prem	Sanskrit	Love
Prentice	Latin	Learner
Perscott	Old English	Residence name
Presley	English	Priest's meadow
Preston	Old English	Priest town
Priam	Greek	Redeemed
Price (also Pryce)	Welsh	Son of Rhys
Primus (also Primo)	Latin	First
Prince	Latin	Prince
Proctor	Latin	Manager or agent
Proinsias (proon-she-as) (also Pranciskis, Proinnsias)	Gaelic (from Francis)	French
Prometheus	Greek	Foresight
Prosper (also Prospero)	Latin	Fortunate
Proteus	Greek	First
Prudentius (also Prudencio, Prudenzio)	Latin	Prudent
Pryce		see Price
Pryderi	Welsh	Care
Ptolemy	Greek	Aggressive
Puah (also Puvah)	Hebrew	Unknown
Publius	Latin	Public
Pul	Unknown	Unknown
Purah	Hebrew	Unknown
Purushottam	Sanskrit	The best man
Put	Hebrew	Unknown
Putiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Putnam	Anglo Saxon	Residence name
Puvah		see Puah
Pyotr	Russian	see Peter
Pyrrhus	Greek	Flame coloured