Behind the Name: Felie's Personal Name List

Padma

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu

Other Scripts: पद्म, पद्मा(Sanskrit, Hindi) பத்மா(Tamil) ಪದ್ಮಾ(Kannada) పద్మా(Telugu)

Pronounced: pəd-MA(Hindi)

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

Means "lotus" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form पद्मा and the masculine form पद्म.

According to some Hindu traditions a lotus holding the god Brahma arose from the navel of the god Vishnu. The name Padma is used in Hindu texts to refer to several characters, including the goddess Lakshmi and the hero Rama.

Padmini

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Kannada, Tamil, Telugu

Other Scripts: ಪದ್ಮಿನಿ(Kannada) பத்மினி(Tamil) పద్మిని(Telugu)

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Means "multitude of lotuses", a derivative of Sanskrit पद्म (padma) meaning "lotus".

Paride

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: PA-ree-deh

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Paris 1.

Parigi

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: pa-REE-jee

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Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Paris.

Parisa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: پریسا(Persian)

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Means "like a fairy" in Persian, derived from پری (parī) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".

Pasquale

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: pa-SKWA-leh

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Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Pascal.

Patrizia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: pa-TREET-tsya

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

Italian feminine form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Patrizio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: pa-TREET-tsyo

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Perla

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: PEHR-la

Rating: 87% based on 3 votes

Italian and Spanish cognate of Pearl.

Petra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English

Other Scripts: Петра(Bulgarian) Πέτρα(Greek)

Pronounced: PEH-tra(German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak) PEH-traw(Hungarian) PEHT-rah(Finnish) PEHT-rə(English)

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Feminine form of Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.

Prospera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Late Roman, Italian, Portuguese

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Feminine form of Prosperus.

Prospero

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: PRAW-speh-ro

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Prosper. This is the name of the main character, a shipwrecked magician, in The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare.

Prudente

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Personal remark: ⚧️

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Prudens. In Italy, this name is also encountered as a variant of Prudenzio, which is the main Italian form of Prudentius.

A notable bearer of this name is Prudente de Morais (1841-1902), the third president of Brazil.

Prudenza

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian (Rare)

Pronounced: proo-DEHN-tsa

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

Means "prudence" in Italian, directly from Latin prudentia.