Baby girl names beginning with P – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: lotus flower
• Also: Padmal, Padmini, Padmavati

2. Paige

• Origin: English
• Meaning: page to a lord; a surname used as a first name
• Also: Page

3. Paisley

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: church; the name of a town in Scotland
• Also: Paislee, Payzlee, Paizley

4. Pallas

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: goddess

5. Palma

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: palm of the hand

6. Paloma

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: dove

7. Pamela

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: honey
• Also: Pam

8. Pandora

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: clever; a name from Greek mythology

9. Panphila

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: love

10. Pansy

• Origin: French
• Meaning: The name of the flower (which is a symbol of remembrance)

11. Paris

• Origin: French
• Meaning: The capital city of France

12. Parker

• Origin: English
• Meaning: park keeper; also used as a boy’s name

13. Parvati

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: from the mountain

14. Pascale

• Origin: French
• Meaning: Easter

15. Patience

• Origin: English
• Meaning: a word for the virtue used as a first name

16. Patricia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: high-born the feminine form of Patrick
• Also: Pat, Patsy, Patti, Pattie, Patty, Tricia

17. Paula

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: small; the English form of Paola; the feminine form of Paul
• Also: Paulina, Pauline, Paulette, Paola (Italian form), Polly

18. Payal

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: ankle decoration

19. Payton

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: fighting man’s estate
• Also: Peyton

20. Pearl

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: the jewel found inside an oyster

21. Peggie

• Origin: Greek/Latin
• Meaning: short form of Margaret
• Also: Peg, Peggy

22. Peke

• Origin: old German
• Meaning: shining and glorious

23. Penelope

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: she who weaves; Penelope was the wife of Odysseus
• Also: Pen, Penny

24. Peony

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: healing; the name of a plant used as a first name

25. Perdita

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: lost; a name created by Shakespeare for A Winter’s Tale

26. Persephone

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Persephone was the goddess of spring

27. Persis

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: a woman from Persia

28. Petra

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: rock; the feminine form of Peter
• Also: Petrina and Peta

29. Petronella

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: derived from a Roman family name
• Also: Petronilla

30. Petula

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: a seeker

31. Petunia

• Origin: English/Scottish
• Meaning: the name of a trumpet-shaped flower

32. Phemie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: the good little omen
• Also: Euphemia

33. Philberta

• Origin: Greek/Middle English
• Meaning: glowing with love

34. Philippa

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Lover of horses: the feminine form of Philip
• Also: Philipa, Phillippa, Pippa

35. Philomena

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: well-loved

36. Phoebe

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: the moon
• Also: Phebe

37. Phoenix

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: dark red or purple; the name of a mythical bird
• Also: Phoenyx

38. Phyllis

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: leafy
• Also: Phyllida

39. Pia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: pious

40. Piper

• Origin: English, Romanian
• Meaning: flute or pipe player

41. Pixie

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: fairy

42. Poko

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: poetry

43. Polly

• Origin: Latin/Hebrew
• Meaning: the short form of Paula (see above) or an alternate form of Molly, derived from Mary

44. Pollyanna

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who sees the bright side of every situation; a combination of Polly and Anna

45. Pooja

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: worship
• Also: Puja

46. Poojita

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: one who is worshipped
• Also: Pujita

47. Poonam

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: full moon
• Also: Punam

48. Poppy

• Origin: Latin/Old English
• Meaning: the name of a red flower

49. Portia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: doorway; Roman family name and name of Shakespearean heroine in The Merchant of Venice

50. Presley

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: priest’s meadow; also used as a boy’s name

51. Primrose

• Origin: Welsh/English
• Meaning: first rose; the name of a spring flower
• Also: Prim

52. Priscilla

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: former
• Also: Cilla, Pris, Prissy

53. Priyal

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: well-loved
• Also: Priyam, Priyanka, Priyasha.

54. Prudence

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: good judgement, wisdom
• Also: Prue, Pru, Prudie

55. Prunella

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: little plum

56. Punita

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: pure

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