Dog Names That Start With P

Derived from an ancient Roman name, this is best known in its male form Placido, thanks to the tenor.

Sounds like a Hobbit.

Associated with the "Star Trek" commander of the USS Enterprise.

Payton and Peyton are both very popular names for girls as well as boys, but Paityn is a spelling variations used almost exclusively for girls.

Long-used surname name that's up for promotion to greater popularity.

Paterson is a surname-name to continue a line of Peters and also the name of a city in New Jersey, hometown of poets William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg.

A pet name, literally and figuratively. The word pumpkin is derived from the Greek pepōn, meaning large melon."

Infrequently used relic of the Maureen-Colleen-Kathleen era, though it does seem to have a bit more energy than the others.

Spaniards use Pax and Paz, Hebrew speakers Shalom, for Greeks it's Irene, so why can't we make the English word Peace a name? Peace Adzo Medie is the author of the novel His Only Wife.

For remembrance of books past, Proust might be a meaningful middle name.

There are two lovely Portlands, in Maine and Oregon, but not many babies with their name.

Balletic, à la pirouette.

Most likely to be borne by a spotted cat or dog.

Pedra has never caught on with anything like the popularity of its male counterpart, Pedro. The Greek Petra sounds a lot cleaner and more refined.

Paciano is an appealing twist on all the newly fashionable names that suggest peace.

An admirable quality to impart; Pleasant was used by Charles Dickens in Our Mutual Friend and in modern times is known via American Girl dolls creator Pleasant Rowland.

A baby girl named Papa might cause some confusion, but the Papa (or Papatuanuku) of Polynesian mythology is the mother or earth goddess.

The name of one of the greatest Western philosophers is often used as a first name in its land of origin, Greece, and would make a really interesting, thought-provoking choice here. It is remembered here as the nickname of the memorable character played by Sal Mineo in the classic film "Rebel Without a Cause."