Boys' Names Ending in -a Part 2

Your little Pasha will rule the roost. In Russia, Pasha is traditionally given to a boy born on Good Friday.

The Finnish form of Peter was most common in its culture of origin in the 1950s and '60s.

The name Persia derives from Avestan Parsa, the name of the Indo-European nomadic people who migrated into southern Iran in about 1000 BCE. Perseus feels more namelike.

A diminutive of the Russian form of Peter, used on a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace. In Bulgaria, it is used as a feminine name.

Not nearly as popular as neighbors Trenton and Camden, but occasionally used for girls. Shirley Temple played a Philadelphia in the old western movie "Fort Apache."