Names that Begin with P

• Perele

  Variant of Perle.

• Perica

  Croatian diminutive of Petar.

• Pericles

  From the Greek name Περικλης (Perikles) , which was derived from the Greek elements περι (peri) "around, in excess" and κλεος (kleos) "glory".

• Perig

  Breton diminutive of Per.

• Perkins

  Perkins is ultimately derived from Peter.

• Perl

  Perl is a variant of Pearl.

• Perla

  Italian and Spanish cognate of Pearl.

• Perle

  Means "pearl" in Yiddish, also used as a Yiddish vernacular form of Margaret.

• Perlie

  Diminutive of Pearl.

• Perlita

  Diminutive of Perla.

• Permelia

  Meaning unknown, possibly an early American alteration of Pamela.

• Pernel

  Variant of Parnel.

• Pernelle

  Pernelle is ultimately derived from Petronius.

• Pernilla

  Swedish short form of Petronilla.

• Pernille

  Danish and Norwegian short form of Petronilla.

• Pero

  Diminutive of Petar.

• Peronel

  Contracted form of Petronel.

• Perparim

  Derived from Albanian përparim "progress".

• Perpetua

  Derived from Latin perpetuus meaning "continuous".

• Perrine

  French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of Pierre.

• Perry

  From a surname which is either English or Welsh in origin.

• Persephone

  Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Greek περθω (pertho) "to destroy" and φονη (phone) "murder".

• Perseus

  Possibly derived from Greek περθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy".

• Pershing

  Pershing is a Germanic name in origin and means "grower or seller of peaches".

• Persis

  Greek name meaning "Persian woman".

• Pertti

  Short form of Roopertti or Alpertti.

• Perttu

  Finnish form of Bartholomew.

• Peru

  Basque form of Peter.

• Perun

  Means "thunder" in Slavic.

• Peta

  Feminine form of Peter.