Boy Names starting with “P”
Boy names with character – from timelessly classic to modern and rare.
A boy's name stays with your son for life – it should sound good, suit the family and carry a meaning you stand behind. At Nameberry you'll find strong classics like Paul, Leon or Emil as well as international, short or unusual first names. Browse by origin, meaning and popularity, discover the current favourites in our top lists and get inspired by rare names. Whether Nordic, biblical or Mediterranean: there's the right name for every little boy.
Popular first names starting with “P”
Boy Names starting with “P”
| Name | m/f/u | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter-Bernd | m | Peter-Bernd is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Bernd ("the bear strong") | |
| Peter-Bodo | m | Peter-Bodo is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Bodo ("the lord") | |
| Peter-Boje | m | Peter-Boje is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Boje ("the settled one") | |
| Peter-Boris | m | Peter-Boris is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Boris ("the glorious figh… | |
| Peter-Carl | m | Currently, there is no information available about the meaning | |
| Peter-Christian | m | Peter-Christian is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Christian ("follower … | |
| Peter-Claus | m | Peter-Claus is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Claus ("victory of the pe… | |
| Peter-Clemens | m | Peter-Clemens is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Clemens ("the gentle one") | |
| Peter-Cornelius | m | Peter-Cornelius is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Cornelius ("the one f… | |
| Peter-Cornils | m | Peter-Cornils is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Cornils ("the one from … | |
| Peter-Damian | m | English | Peter-Damian is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Damian ("the conqueror") |
| Peter-Diederich | m | Peter-Diederich is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Diederich ("the ruler… | |
| Peter-Diedrich | m | Peter-Diedrich is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Diedrich ("the ruler o… | |
| Peter-Dirk | m | Peter-Dirk is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Dirk ("the ruler of the pe… | |
| Peter-Eberhard | m | Peter-Eberhard is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Eberhard ("strong as a… | |
| Peter-Florian | m | Peter-Florian is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Florian ("the blooming … | |
| Peter-Frank | m | Peter-Frank is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Frank ("the Frank") | |
| Peter-Franz | m | Peter-Franz is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Franz ("the little French… | |
| Peter-Fred | m | Peter-Fred is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Fred ("the peace") | |
| Peter-Friedemann | m | Peter-Friedemann is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Friedemann ("the pea… | |
| Peter-Georg | m | Peter-Georg is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Georg ("the farmer") | |
| Peter-Gert | m | Peter-Gert is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Gert ("the spear strong") | |
| Peter-Günter | m | Peter-Günter is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Günter ("the one fightin… | |
| Peter-Harry | m | Peter-Harry is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Harry ("the house lord") | |
| Peter-Heiko | m | Greek | Peter-Heiko is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Heiko ("the master of the… |
| Peter-Helge | m | Peter-Helge is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Helge ("the holy one") | |
| Peter-Helmut | m | Peter-Helmut is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Helmut ("the brave one") | |
| Peter-Herbert | m | Peter-Herbert is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Herbert ("the shining i… | |
| Peter-Hinrich | m | Peter-Hinrich is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Hinrich ("the master of… | |
| Peter-Holger | m | Peter-Holger is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Holger ("the spear fight… | |
| Peter-Jacob | m | The origin of the word is unknown | |
| Peter-Jan | m | Peter-Jan is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Jan ("God is gracious") | |
| Peter-Jens | m | Latin | Peter-Jens is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Jens ("God is gracious") |
| Peter-Joachim | m | Greek | Peter-Joachim is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Joachim ("God will rais… |
| Peter-Johannes | m | Peter-Johannes is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Johannes ("God is grac… | |
| Peter-John | m | Peter-John is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and John ("God is gracious") | |
| Peter-Josef | m | Peter-Josef is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Josef ("God may add") | |
| Peter-Jürgen | m | Currently, no information is available regarding the meaning | |
| Peter-Karsten | m | Peter-Karsten is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Karsten ("the Christian") | |
| Peter-Knud | m | Peter-Knud is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Knud ("the bold") | |
| Peter-Kurt | m | Peter-Kurt is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Kurt ("the bold advisor") | |
| Peter-Ladislaus | m | Peter-Ladislaus is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Ladislaus ("the glori… | |
| Peter-Leonhard | m | Peter-Leonhard is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Leonhard ("the lion st… | |
| Peter-Ludwig | m | Peter-Ludwig is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Ludwig ("the famous warr… | |
| Peter-Lukas | m | Peter-Lukas is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Lukas ("the Lucanian") | |
| Peter-Lutz | m | Currently, there is no information available regarding the meaning | |
| Peter-Manuel | m | African | Peter-Manuel is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Manuel ("God with us") |
| Peter-Marcus | m | Peter-Marcus is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Marcus ("dedicated to th… | |
| Peter-Martin | m | Peter-Martin is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Martin ("dedicated to Ma… | |
| Peter-Matthias | m | Peter-Matthias is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Matthias ("the Beloved") | |
| Peter-Max | m | Peter-Max is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Max ("the greatest") | |
| Peter-Michael | m | The name Peter is derived from the Latin Petrus and means 'the rock' | |
| Peter-Nikolaus | m | Greek | Peter-Nikolaus is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Nikolaus ("victory of … |
| Peter-Oliver | m | Currently, no information on the meaning is available | |
| Peter-Pascal | m | Peter-Pascal is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Pascal ("the Easter one") | |
| Peter-Pius | m | Latin | Peter-Pius is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Pius ("the pious") |
| Peter-Rainer | m | Peter-Rainer is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Rainer ("the advisor of … | |
| Peter-Ralf | m | Greek | Peter-Ralf is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Ralf ("the counsel-giving … |
| Peter-Rene | m | Peter-Rene is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Rene ("renewed, reborn") | |
| Peter-Roland | m | Peter-Roland is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Roland ("the glorious one") | |
| Peter-Sepp | m | Currently, no information on the meaning is available | |
| Peter-Siegfried | m | Peter-Siegfried is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Siegfried ("victory a… | |
| Peter-Steffen | m | Peter-Steffen is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Steffen ("the crowned o… | |
| Peter-Theodor | m | Peter-Theodor is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Theodor ("gift of God") | |
| Peter-Thies | m | Peter-Thies is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Thies ("gift of God") | |
| Peter-Thilo | m | No information on the meaning is currently available | |
| Peter-Torsten | m | Peter-Torsten is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Torsten ("the stone ham… | |
| Peter-Uwe | m | Peter-Uwe is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Uwe ("the doer") | |
| Peter-Werner | m | Currently, there is no information available about the meaning | |
| Peter-Wilfried | m | Peter-Wilfried is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Wilfried ("the one wit… | |
| Peter-Willi | m | Peter-Willi is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Willi ("the strong-willed… | |
| Peter-Wolfgang | m | Peter-Wolfgang is a double name combining Peter ("the rock") and Wolfgang ("the one who… | |
| Peti | m | Hungarian | The name Peti is a Hungarian abbreviation and diminutive of Peter, which in turn goes b… |
| Petik | m | The origin of the word is unknown | |
| Petja | m | Finnish | Petja (Петя) is a masculine name that is a diminutive form of Pjotr, which in turn is d… |
| Petko | m | The name Petko has its roots in the ancient Greek language, where 'petros' means 'the r… | |
| Petö | m | Hungarian | The name Petö for boys is a Hungarian spelling of Peter, a widely used form of the name… |
| Petr | m | Latin | Petr, the Czech form of Peter, carries the meaning 'the rock' |
| Petri | m | Finnish | Petri, as a male first name, represents a Finnish derivation of Peter and means "the ro… |
| Petrik | m | Petrik (Petřík) is a Czech diminutive of Petr, a variant of the name Petrus, which goes… | |
| Petrit | m | The name Petrit comes from Albanian and means 'the falcon' | |
| Petro | m | Latin | Petro, as a Ukrainian variation of Peter, carries the meaning 'the rock' |
| Petroc | m | English | Petroc is regarded as a Cornish variation of Peter, which is a widely used form of the … |
| Petronio | m | Latin | The name Petronio is the Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Venetian form of Petronius,… |
| Petros | m | Petros, as an Armenian name and in the spelling Pétros as a Modern Greek name, means 't… | |
| Petru | m | Latin | Petru, a Romanian and Corsican derivation of the name Peter, means 'the rock' |
| Petru-Alin | m | Petru-Alin is a double name combining Petru ("the rock") and Alin ("the noble") | |
| Petrus | m | Danish | Petrus, a male first name, is the Latinized form of the Greek Petros (Πέτρος) |
| Petter | m | Latin | Petter is a Norwegian and Swedish variant of the name Peter |
| Petteri | m | Finnish | Petteri is a Finnish variation of the name Peter and carries the meaning 'the rock' |
| Peyami | m | Turkish | The name Peyami, which originates from the East, means "the giver of news" and is of Tu… |
| Peyan | m | The name Peyan has Kurdish roots, with its components derived from the Kurdish language | |
| Peyman | m | Persian | Peyman is a male first name meaning 'the promise' or 'the agreement', derived from the … |
| Phaedon | m | Greek | Phaedon is a male first name that derives from the Greek name Phaidon (Φαίδων) |
| Phaniraj | m | Indian | Phaniraj is an Indian boy's name that has its origin in the Hindi language and carries … |
| Phanos | m | Greek | The name Phanos has Greek roots, but its exact composition from the Greek words is not … |
| Phanuwat | m | Phanuwat (ภานุ วัฒน์) is a Thai name made up of two essential components: 1 | |
| Pharoah | m | American | The name has its roots in American culture, specifically in Anglo-American, and is also… |
| Pharrell | m | The name Pharrell represents a less common English variant of the Old Irish name Fergal | |
| Phekda | m | Arabic | The boy's name Phekda has its roots in the Arabic language |