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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.

Puck The name Puck is gender-neutral. The meaning...
Origin:Literary name
4275
Poe

Meaning: peacock

Origin:English
1626
Polly Traditionally a name of English origin, the ...
Origin:English variation of Molly
474
Pella

Meaning: marvel of God

Origin:Hebrew
4825
Perdita

Meaning: lost

Origin:Latin
1657
Parvati

Meaning: the daughter of the mountain

Origin:Sanskrit
1711
Plum Plum is the English name. It is said that th...
Origin:Fruit name
1913
Pomeline

Meaning: apple

Origin:French, related to "apple"
1956
Pomona

Meaning: apple

Origin:Latin
2049
Padgett The meaning of Padgett is 'an attendant or a...
Origin:English
18123
Prairie

Meaning: prairie

Origin:English nature name
1991
Persis

Meaning: Persian woman

Origin:Greek
1900
Posey

Meaning: a bunch of flowers

Origin:English
929
Pax

Meaning: peaceful

Origin:Latin
1467
Persia

Meaning: land of the Parsa

Origin:Country name
4826
Poet The name Poet has Engish origins and the mea...
Origin:English word name
2349
Philippa

Meaning: lover of horses

Origin:Greek, feminine variation of Philip
636
Portia

Meaning: pig

Origin:Latin
648
Patience The meaning of Patience is 'enduring or forb...
Origin:Latin virtue name
1596
Pilar

Meaning: pillar

Origin:Spanish
908