| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Nelly | Abbreviation of Eleanor shining light.
| Male | English |
| Nettie | Gracious | Female | English |
| Nola | Noble or Famous | Female | Gaelic |
| Nora | Abbreviation of Eleanora light and Honora honor.
| Female | Irish |
| Norma | the pattern | Female | English |
| Odile | prospers in battle | Female | |
| Olive | kind one; olive tree, peace. Symbol of peace. A small oval fruit. | Female | English |
| Olivia | Olive
| Female | Latin |
| Opal | Australian gemstone of remarkable colours, usually red, blue or green | Female | Sanskrit |
| Opal | Australian gemstone of remarkable colours, usually red, blue or green | Female | Sanskrit |
| Ophelia | Serpentine
| Female | Greek |
| Patsy | From Patricia - Well born maiden | Male | English |
| Paula | small | Female | Feminine |
| Pearl | Precious jewel. A hard, rounded gem, usually white in colour | Female | Latin |
| Peggy | pearl | Female | English |
| Penelope | Dream weaver
| Female | Greek |
| Persephone | The daughter of Demeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades but rescued by her mother and thereafter spent six months of the year on earth and six months in the underworld.
| Female | Greek |
| Petulia | Modern invented name | Female | English |
| Philippa | Lover of Horses. Variant of masculine Philipp.
| Female | Greek |
| Philomena | song lover, friend, lover of the moon | Female | Greek |
| Phoebe | bright one | Female | Greek |
| Phoebe | bright one | Female | Greek |
| Phyllis | A green branch.
| Female | Greek |
| Polly | Bitter
| Female | English |
| Polly | Bitter
| Female | English |