If you’re on a quest for the perfect P name for your little man, you’re in the right place. We’ve scouted a huge line up of unique baby names, all starting with the 16th letter of the alphabet.
Perhaps you’re interested in the letter P because it’s part of a family tradition, you’re continuing the trend with older siblings, or because it’s not as common as some of the others. Whatever your reason we’re confident you can find the perfect name. With options including Philby, Packard and Powell there’s sure to be a baby name you haven’t seen before on any of the most popular baby names lists.
We asked our huge online community of half a million mums who shared the baby names that they felt were positively perfect.
P boy names with a theme
You can find great inspiration from themes, and the letter C brings the goods. Some are nature-based without being obvious, others have a celebrity stamp of approval and some are fitting for both boys and girls.
- Nature-inspired: Pine, Palm, Pulin, Pond, Pigeon, Polar, Pero, Paw
- Short and sweet: Pero, Polo, Pace, Parr, Paul, Phipps, Pryce
- Literary: Potter, Poet, Peter, Prospero, Phineas, Porter, Plato
- Music-inspired: Presley, Prince, Pharrell, Punk, Psy
- Places: Preston, Poland, Peru, Panama, Paddington, Paris, Prague, Persia
- Gender neutral: Parker, Page, Paris, Payton, Percy, Phoenix, Prescott
Unique P names for boys
Give your son a truly unmissable name with something unique and oh-so different. Proud to explain their name? You’re in luck!
- Ptolemy
- Pandarus
- Parle
- Peregryn
- Polixenes
- Prosper
- Privell
- Pyhlann
Fashion-inspired P names for boys
If you’re head over heels into fashion, you might want to try these uber cool names on for size:
- Pierre
- Paco
- Paul
- Poplin
- Perry
- Paiget
Motor-inspired P names for boys
Calling all rev-heads! P names might just be the ticket
- Polo
- Porche
- Pajero
- Prius
- Phantom
- Pilot
Celebrity sons starting with P
- Kim Kardashian’s son, Psalm
- Justin Timberlake’s son, Phineas
- Angelina Jolie’s son, Pax
- Phillip Phillips’ son, Patch
- Jason Lee’s son, Pilot
- Peaches Geldof’s son, Phaedra
- Paris Hilton’s son, Phoenix
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More boy names starting with P
- Pablo
- Pace
- Pacey
- Packard
- Packo
- Paco
- Padarn
- Paddee
- Paddey
- Paddi
- Paddy
- Paden
- Padern
- Padgett
- Padraic
- Padraig
- Padruig
- Pady
- Page
- Paice
- Paige
- Paki
- Pako
- Pal
- Palanee
- Palaney
- Palani
- Palany
- Pallaton
- Pallav
- Pallu
- Palmer
- Palti
- Pancho
- Pancrazio
- Pandarus
- Pandita
- Pandya
- Pankaj
- Panos
- Panthea
- Paolo
- Paquito
- Parag
- Paramartha
- Paras
- Pares
- Paris
- Park
- Parke
- Parker
- Parkin
- Parkinson
- Parkley
- Parks
- Parlan
- Parle
- Parnab
- Parnell
- Parr
- Parry
- Parsefal
- Parsifal
- Parth
- Partha
- Parys
- Pascal
- Pascali
- Pascha
- Paschal
- Pasqual
- Pasquale
- Pat
- Patamon
- Patch
- Patern
- Paterson
- Patrice
- Patrick
- Patroclus
- Patterson
- Pattison
- Patwin
- Pau
- Pauley
- Paulin
- Paulo
- Paulos
- Paulus
- Pauly
- Pavel
- Pavlo
- Pavlos
- Pavo
- Pawl
- Pawley
- Paxton
- Payce
- Payge
- Paytah
- Payton
- Pázmán
- Peabo
- Peace
- Peadair
- Pearce
- Pears
- Pearson
- Peder
- Pedro
- Peer
- Peers
- Peja
- Pekelo
- Pelagius
- Pelham
- Pell
- Pelle
- Pelleas
- Pellegrin
- Pello
- Peltan
- Pelten
- Peltin
- Pelton
- Pembrok
- Pembroke
- Pembrook
- Penda
- Penley
- Penn
- Penrod
- Pentele
- Pepa
- Pepe
- Pepito
- Peppe
- Per
- Perce
- Perceval
- Percheval
- Perci
- Percival
- Percy
- Peregrin
- Peregrine
- Peregryn
- Perian
- Perianne
- Pericles
- Peril
- Perin
- Perkin
- Perkins
- Pernell
- Pero
- Perrin
- Perry
- Persepolis
- Perseus
- Perth
- Pete
- Peter
- Peterson
- Petey
- Petò
- Petr
- Petri
- Petrie
- Petronio
- Petrucio
- Petrus
- Petty
- Petúr
- Peyton
- Phares
- Phelan
- Phelps
- Phil
- Philander
- Philario
- Philby
- Philemon
- Philip
- Philipe
- Philippos
- Philipson
- Phillip
- Phillipa
- Phillips
- Philly
- Philo
- Philostrate
- Philotus
- Phineas
- Phinneaus
- Phipps
- Phoenix
- Phornello
- Phuc
- Phuoc
- Phuong
- Pierce
- Piercy
- Piero
- Pierre
- Pierrey
- Piers
- Pierson
- Pieter
- Pietor
- Pietro
- Pilan
- Pillan
- Pinchas
- Pindarus
- Pino
- Piotr
- Pious
- Pisano
- Pius
- Piusz
- Piyush
- Placido
- Platinum
- Plato
- Platon
- Platt
- Pluto
- Plutus
- Pol
- Polixenes
- Polk
- Polo
- Polonius
- Ponce
- Pongor
- Pongrác
- Pontain
- Pontius
- Pontus
- Porfio
- Porter
- Porteur
- Poseidon
- Powa
- Powal
- Powall
- Powel
- Powell
- Power
- Powers
- Powil
- Prabhakar
- Prabhu
- Prabodh
- Pradeep
- Praful
- Prakash
- Pramsu
- Pranav
- Pranay
- Prasata
- Prassana
- Pratap
- Pratik
- Pratyush
- Pravat
- Praveen
- Pravin
- Prem
- Prentice
- Prentiss
- Prescott
- Presley
- Prestan
- Presten
- Prestin
- Preston
- Prewet
- Prewit
- Prewitt
- Priam
- Price
- Priest
- Priestley
- Priestly
- Primael
- Prime
- Primel
- Primo
- Prince
- Prior
- Prithu
- Privel
- Privrata
- Proculeius
- Prometheus
- Prosper
- Prospero
- Proteus
- Prue
- Pruit
- Pruitt
- Pryce
- Pryor
- Ptolemäus
- Ptolemy
- Pundarik
- Purujit
- Pusan
- Putnam
- Putney
- Pyllan
- Pyotr
- Pytor
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