Paco
Italian: to pack
(Packard)

Pagan
Latin: heathen, or country peasant
(Pain, Paine, Payne, Paynel)

Page
French: young assistant
(Padget, Padgett, Paige)

Palani
Hawaiian: free man

Palmer
Old English: pilgrim bearing palms

Parker
Middle English: he who guards the park
(Park, Parke)

Parrish
Middl English: churchyard
Greek: neighborhood
(Parry, Perry)

Pascal
Italian: Easter or Passover
(Pascale, Pace, Pasquale, Pasco, Pascoe)

Patrick
Latin: nobleman
(Padriag, Paddy, Paddie, Paris, Pat, Patric, Patsy, Patty, Patten, Paxton, Payton, Peyton)

Paul
Latin: small
(Pablo, Pall, Paolo, Paulie, Pauly, Paley, Pawley, Pol, Poul, Paulo, Pavel, Paulos)

Percial
French: warrior of fire, brave fighter
(Parsifal, Percy, Perceval, Purcell)

Perry
Anglo-Saxon: he of the place where the pear tree grows
(Parry, Peary)

Peter
Greek: rock or stone
(Parry, Peadar, Pearce, Peder, Pedro, Peirce, Perren, Perry, Pete, Perey, Pierce, Piers, Pierre, Pieter, Pietro, Pert, Petros)

Philip
Greek: lover of horses
(Felipe, Pilioop, Pepe, Phil, Philipp, Phillip, Phillippe, Pip, Pippo, Phip)

Phineas
Egyptian: the dark-skinned one
Hebrew: the oracle
(Pinchas, Pinchos, Pinus, Pinky, Pinkus)

Placido
Latin: to appease, or to quiet

Plato
Greek: broad, or flat

Porter
Latin: gatekeeper
(Port, Porty, Portie)

Potter
Old English: potmaker

Prentice
Middle English: beginner, or a student
(Prentiss)

Prescott
Old English: priest's cottage
(Scott, Scottie, Scotty)

Preston
Old English: he who hails from the town of the priest

Price
Middle English: valued one, or prized one
(Pryce, Brice, Brise, Bryce)

Prince
Latin: prince, chief, or first