List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with P

Penn

(PEHN)

English Meaning: The name Penn is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Penn is: From the enclosure.

Pennington

Pennington is a surname based on an Anglo-Saxon location in Cumberland as well as the parish of Leigh, Lancashire. The counties supposedly take their name from the Old English (pre-7th Century) "pening," a term referring to the tribute due on the land or settlement.

Penry

Penry Name Meaning. Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Henry 'son of Henry' (see Henry).

Pepe

(PEH-peh)

Pepe is a nickname for Jose,Giuseppe, Jusepe. In Latin, Saint Joseph's name is always followed by the letters “P.P” for pater putativus (commonly accepted) father of Jesus Christ. In Spanish, the letter “P” is pronounced “peh” giving rise to the nickname Pepe for Jose.”

Meaning: May he add, God shall add

Pepito

(peh-PEE-toh)

Meaning of name Pepito. Etymology : Spanish diminutive of JOSEPH. Saint : Origin : Spanish.

Meaning: May he add, God shall add

Per

"Per" in this case means "according to", taken from the Latin word per which meant "per : (+ acc.) (cause) because of, on account of. " The OED has a citation from 1818 where the meaning is "as laid down by (by a judge)" The above was taken from here and here. shareimprove this answer.

Perez

The surname with Spanish origins, written in Spanish orthography as Pérez, is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Pero or Pedro (Peter)". ... The surname with a Hebrew origin is transliterated into English as either Perez or Peretz, and is derived from the Hebrew given name פרץ (cf.

Pericles

Meaning & History. From the Greek name Περικλης (Perikles), which was derived from the Greek elements περι (peri) "around, exceedingly" and κλεος (kleos) "glory". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general.

Perico

Origin of the name Pedro: A cognate of Peter, which is from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Petrus and the Greek Petros, names derived from petra (a rock) and petros (a stone). The name is borne in the Bible by one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ.

Meaning: A rock, a stone

Perin

Origin of the name Perry: Transferred use of the surname meaning "dweller by the pear tree." It is derived from the Middle English perye (pear, pear tree). From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.

Meaning: Pear, pear tree