| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Pamela | honeyed | Female | English |
| Pancho | Nickname for Francisco and Frank.
| Male | Spanish |
| Parker | cultivated land | Male | English |
| Patience | | Female | |
| Patrick | Patrician: noble. Romans society was divided into plebeians: (commoners) and patricians: (aristocrats). Saint Patrick - patron saint of Ireland.
| Male | Latin |
| Payton | From the fighter's farm
| Female | English |
| Pearl | Precious jewel. A hard, rounded gem, usually white in colour | Female | Latin |
| Pele | Hawaiian volcano goddess. | Female | Hawaiian |
| Penelope | Dream weaver
| Female | Greek |
| Penn | enclosure | Male | English |
| Penny | Greek, weaver | Female | English |
| Pepper | A spice or condiment. | Male | Sanskrit |
| Perdy | | Unisex | |
| Peregrine | traveler, pilgrim | Male | Latin |
| Perth | From the thorn bush or thicket
| Male | Scottish |
| Peter | A rock. Peter the biblical fisherman and apostle had impulsive nature and rocklike faith. In Catholic tradition he is the first pope.
| Male | Greek |
| Petra | rock, stone | Female | Greek |
| Petula | | Female | |
| Petunia | trumpet-shaped flower | Female | English |
| Phaedra | Glowing | Female | Greek |
| Philip | horse lover | Male | 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 |