Pari, the Sangam chieftain famed for his generosity
Names starting with P
Baby names that start with P, with checked meanings.
272 names: 117 for girls, 139 for boys and 16 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, the Mahan Kosh and the Tamil Lexicon. One is a modern name that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Pargat ("manifest, revealed"), Pradyumna ("pre-eminently mighty") and Pritpal ("protector of love").
91 of 272 names
"Pure, holy; purifying"
"Pure, holy"; also a name of the Ganga
"Lotus"; also a name of the goddess Lakshmi
"Lotus-born"
A pool full of lotuses; Sanskrit padmākara
"Lotus-navelled", a name of Vishnu; Sanskrit padmanābha
"Lover of lotuses" in popular use; a name of goddess Manasa
"Full of lotuses"; a name of the goddess Lakshmi
"Lotus"; literally a lotus plant or a lotus pond
"Petal of a flower"; Assamese pāhi
From the Scottish town of Paisley, whose name means "church"
Pure, chaste; Persian pākīza
"Bird"
"Eyelid" or "eyelash"; also "a moment"
Palani, Murugan's hill shrine; a devotional name
The flame-of-the-forest tree; Sanskrit palāśa
"New shoot, sprout"; Sanskrit pallava
Young shoots, new leaves; the opening of a song
Name of a sacred lake and river of the Ramayana
"Princess of Panchala", a name of Draupadi
"The fifth", the fifth day of the lunar fortnight
Lord of Pandharpur, a name of Vitthal
"Pandya king"; ruler of the ancient Pandya country
Name of Lord Vitthal; Sanskrit pāṇḍu + raṅga, "white-hued"
"Lotus"
"Lotus", literally "born of mud"
"Petal"
"A row" or "line"; also a Vedic metre
"Emerald"
"A songbird", the hawk-cuckoo
"Pollen"; Sanskrit parāga
"Supreme, highest"; Sanskrit parama
"Supreme bliss"; Sanskrit paramānanda
Supreme lord; Sanskrit parameśa
"Supreme lord", God; Sanskrit parameśvara
"Supreme goddess", a name of Durga
"Perfection"; literally "gone to the further shore"
"Supreme victory"; param, highest, with jeet, victory
"Supreme light"; param, highest, with jot, divine light
"Supreme hero"; Sanskrit parama + vīra
Touchstone, the philosopher's stone; Hindi pāras, from Sanskrit sparśa, "touch"
"Rama with the axe", the sixth avatar of Vishnu
"The highest lord"; Sanskrit pareśa
"Manifest, revealed"; from Sanskrit prakaṭa, evident
"Fairy"
"Circle" or "boundary"; also a halo and the horizon
"The coral tree of paradise"; in Hindi, night-flowering jasmine
"Tested" in popular use; King Parikshit, grandson of Arjuna
"Fragrance"; Sanskrit parimala
"Fragrance"
A modern name, often given as "melody" or "complete"
"Married"; also "completed, fulfilled"
Like a fairy; Persian parī + -sā
A modern name, usually given as "like a fairy"
"Satisfaction, contentment"; Sanskrit paritoṣa
"Park keeper"; an English surname
"Supreme friend"
"Supreme lord"; param, highest, with inder, chief
"Singing bird" in popular use; Sanskrit parṇavī, "wing-borne"
"Small leaf" in popular use; Sanskrit parṇikā, an Apsaras' name
Parshvanatha, the 23rd Jain Tirthankara
"Son of Pritha", a name of Arjuna
"Like Arjuna"; Sanskrit Pārtha + -pratima
Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer; Sanskrit pārtha-sārathi
"Earth-born", a name of Sita
"King", "lord of the earth"; literally "earthly"
"Graceful" in popular use; Bengali pārul, a trumpet-flower
"Festival"; Sanskrit parvan
"Full moon" in popular use; Sanskrit parvaṇī, a change of the moon
"Daughter of the mountain"; Sanskrit pārvatī, "of the mountains"
The Pleiades, a cluster of bright stars
Victorious, fortunate
"Of Easter", from Latin paschalis
"Lord of all creatures", a name of Shiva; Sanskrit paśupati
"Traveller"
"Rock"; the Kerala Syrian Christian form of Peter
"Noble, patrician", from Latin patricius
"Nobleman", from Latin patricius
"Little" or "small"; from the Latin name Paulus
"Small, humble", the feminine of Paul
"Small, humble", a feminine of Paul
"Daughter of Puloman", Indra's wife Shachi
"Small, humble"; the Kerala Syrian Christian form of Paul
"Fire, purifier"; Sanskrit pāvaka
Wind, breeze; Sanskrit pavana, "purifier"
"Pure, holy"
A modern name, popularly "pure" or "holy"
"Lamp of the wind"; pawan, wind, with deep, lamp
An anklet
"Anklet"
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