Starting with letter P
| # | Name | Origin | Meaning | Gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | Prologue | Shakespearean | A Midsummer Night's Dream' Quince, a carpenter, acts as Prologue in the play within the play. | M | |
| 282 | Prometheus | Greek | Gave fire to man. | M | |
| 283 | Prospero | Shakespearean | 'The Tempest' The rightful Duke of Milan. | M | |
| 284 | Protesilaus | Greek | Offered himself as a sacrifice for the Greeks when they arrived at Troy. | M | |
| 285 | Proteus | Shakespearean | 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' One of the two gentlemen in the title. | M | |
| 286 | Provost | Shakespearean | 'Measure for Measure' | M | |
| 287 | Pryderi | Celtic | Care. | M | |
| 288 | Pryderi | Welsh | Legendary son of Pwyll. | M | |
| 289 | Publius | Biblical | Common. | M | |
| 290 | Pul | Biblical | Bean, destruction. | M | |
| 291 | Purdy | Hindi | Recluse. | M | |
| 292 | Putiel | Biblical | God is my fatness | M | |
| 293 | Putnam | Anglo-Saxon | Dwells by the pond. | M | |
| 294 | Putnam | English | From the commander's estate. | M | |
| 295 | Puw | Welsh | Welsh form of Pugh 'son of Hugh'. | M | |
| 296 | Pwyll | Celtic | Mythical lord of Annwn. | M | |
| 297 | Pygmalion | Greek | King of Cyprus. | M | |
| 298 | Pylades | Greek | Friend of Orestes. | M | |
| 299 | Pyramus | Greek | Lover of Thisbe. | M | |
| 300 | Pyrrhus | Greek | King of Epirus. | M | |