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Cool Baby Names That Start With P

Peter, Paul, and…uh…Patty are three of the names that made P such a ubiquitous first initial at the middle of the last century. It's been keeping a low profile for a while now, but there are a lot of cool baby names that start with P. The most popular P name for girls is Penelope, while Parker holds the title for boys.

Along with Penelope and Parker, other cool baby names that start with P in the US Top 1000 include Palmer, Paloma, Paxton, Pearl, Poppy, Pierce, Phoenix, and Preston. Vintage P names due for revival include Percy, Phineas, Polly, and Prue.

The initial P lends itself to many interesting names, most of them quite uncommon. Here, our picks for the coolest baby names beginning with P.

Kanye

Meaning: honor, tribute

Origin:African place-name, Nigeria
1624
Keshet

Meaning: rainbow

Origin:Hebrew
6230
Kamran

Meaning: prosperous or successful

Origin:Persian or Urdu
13977
Ken

Meaning: born of fire or handsome; healthy and strong

Origin:Diminutive of Kenneth; Japanese
2173
Kyo

Meaning: village; capital city; apricot; unite

Origin:Japanese
2080
Kiaria

Meaning: fortunate

Origin:Japanese
3338
Kia

Meaning: season's beginning

Origin:African
1214
Krishna

Meaning: dark, black

Origin:Sanskrit
5193
Katrina

Meaning: pure

Origin:German variation of Katherine
1646
Koko

Meaning: stork; night

Origin:Japanese, Native American
1499
Kennelly

Meaning: male descendant of a wolf

Origin:Gaelic
5192
Knoll

Meaning: dweller near the hill; lump

Origin:English and German surname
6380
Keke

Meaning: double happiness; strength of a spear; pure

Origin:English variation of Kiki, Finnish diminutive of Gertrud, or Hawaiian variation of Kate
3995
Kenichi

Meaning: wise one

Origin:Japanese
5538
Kanika

Meaning: black cloth

Origin:African, Mwera
4661
Kevin

Meaning: handsome

Origin:Irish
563
Kristoff The abbreviated form of the English name Chr...
Origin:Greek
8569