Baby girl names beginning with P – with origins and meanings
On the search for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 16th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some perfect suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
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Let us help you with your newborn baby name list. Read our list of popular girl names beginning with P to find out their origin and meaning and see whether Paige, Perdita or Poonam will make your shortlist. For more inspiration also discover our one-syllable names for girls, with their origin and meaning.
1. Padma
- 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
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- 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
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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