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Dog names starting with P

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Girl names (202)

Pacific
The largest ocean on earth · big dogs
Pacoca
A Brazilian peanut sweet · Portuguese
Padma
Sanskrit for lotus flower · Sanskrit
Paella
A golden Valencian rice dish cooked in a wide pan · Spanish
Pagoda
A tiered tower of an Asian temple
Paige
Occupational surname for a young servant
Paisley
Scottish town that gave its name to the swirling teardrop pattern · Scottish
Palesa
Means flower in Sotho · Sotho
Paleta
A Mexican fruit ice lolly · Mexican Spanish · small dogs
Palette
The board where a painter mixes colours
Palinka
A Hungarian fruit brandy · Hungarian
Pallina
Italian for little ball · Italian · small dogs
Palma
Russian for palm tree, a Soviet space dog · Russian
Paloma
Spanish, dove · Spanish
Pam
Short form of Pamela, a gloriously ordinary name for a dog
Pamela
Greek rooted name meaning all sweetness · Greek
Pampa
Grass plains of Argentina · Spanish
Pampushka
Ukrainian for a little soft bread roll · Ukrainian
Panang
A thick, sweet Thai red curry · Thai
Pancetta
Italian cured pork belly · Italian
Pandora
Greek, all gifts · Greek
Paniz
Means sugar or candy in Persian · Persian
Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the British suffragettes
Panna
Italian for cream · Italian
Panna Cotta
Italian for cooked cream, a set vanilla pudding · Italian · small dogs
Pansy
The flower, from French pensee, thought · French
Pantufa
Portuguese for slipper, a cosy traditional dog name · Portuguese
Papatya
Means daisy in Turkish · Turkish
Papaya
Tropical fruit with orange flesh and black seeds
Papeete
The capital of French Polynesia, on Tahiti · Tahitian
Pappardelle
Broad flat pasta ribbons · Italian
Paprika
Ground sweet red pepper
Paquita
Spanish pet form of Francisca · Spanish
Parana
A great South American river that runs past Iguazu Falls · Tupi
Parastoo
Means swallow, the bird, in Persian · Persian
Paratha
A flaky layered Indian flatbread · Hindi
Pari
Hindi, fairy · Hindi · small dogs
Parma
Italian city known for its ham and cheese · Italian
Partridge
Plump brown game bird of the fields
Parvaneh
Means butterfly in Persian · Persian
Pasilla
A dark dried chilli, meaning little raisin · Mexican Spanish
Passionfruit
A tangy tropical fruit full of seeds
Pastel
A soft stick of pure colour, and a gentle shade of any colour
Pasteli
A Greek sesame and honey bar · Greek
Patagonia
The wild windswept tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile · Spanish
Pataka
Means firecracker in Hindi, for a fizzing ball of energy · Hindi
Patinha
Portuguese for little paw · Portuguese · small dogs
Patsy
Pet form of Patricia or Martha, popular since the 1700s · Irish
Patsy Ann
A deaf Bull Terrier who greeted every ship as the official greeter of Juneau
Patty
Pet form of Patricia, noblewoman
Paua
The New Zealand abalone with a shell of shimmering blue and green · Maori
Paulette
French diminutive of Paule, meaning small · French
Paulina
Spanish form of Pauline, meaning small · Spanish · small dogs
Pauline
French feminine of Paul, small or humble · French
Pavlova
Meringue dessert claimed by both Australia and New Zealand
Pawdrey Hepburn
A pun on the actress Audrey Hepburn
Payasam
A sweet South Indian milk pudding · Malayalam
Paz
Spanish for peace · Spanish
Peach
The soft fuzzy summer fruit
Peaches
The soft golden fruit, long used as a term of affection
Peachy
Like a peach, soft and golden, also slang for fine · small dogs
Pear
A sweet juicy orchard fruit
Pearl
Formed inside an oyster, not mined
Pearlie
Pet form of Pearl, the sea gem
Peaseblossom
One of Titania's fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream · small dogs
Pebbles
Small smooth stones · small dogs
Peche
French for peach · French
Peda
A small round milk sweet with saffron · Hindi · small dogs
Peggotty
Warm hearted nurse in David Copperfield · English
Peggy
A staple television first name of the mid century
Peig
Irish pet form of Mairead, Margaret · Irish
Pelamushi
A grape juice pudding · Georgian
Pele
Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire · Hawaiian
Pembe
Means pink in Turkish · Turkish
Penelope
Patient wife of Odysseus in Homer's poem · Greek
Penny
Short for Penelope
Penuche
A brown sugar fudge
Peony
A heavy headed early summer flower
Pepita
Spanish for a little seed or gold nugget · Spanish · small dogs
Pepite
French for a nugget, as in a gold nugget · French
Pepparkaka
A thin Swedish ginger biscuit · Swedish
Perdita
The dalmatian mother of the hundred and one
Peri
Persian for fairy · Persian
Perilla
Broad minty leaf wrapped around Korean barbecue · Korean
Periwinkle
A trailing plant with blue violet flowers
Perla
Spanish, pearl · Spanish
Perle
Means pearl in Yiddish · Yiddish
Perola
Portuguese for pearl · Portuguese
Perseid
The bright meteor shower of August
Persephone
Greek queen of the underworld and of spring · Greek
Pesca
Italian for peach · Italian
Pestraya
Russian for spotted, a Soviet space dog of 1958 · Russian
Petal
One leaf of a flower head, from the Greek petalon
Petale
French for petal · French
Petra
The rose red city carved into Jordanian rock · Greek
Petunia
Trumpet flower that spills from summer baskets
Philae
An island temple on the Nile · Ancient Egyptian
Philomena
Greek, friend of strength · Greek
Phoebe
Greek titan of the bright moon · Greek
Phon
Means to bloom in Lao · Lao
Phyllis
Greek name meaning green bough · Greek
Physalis
A golden berry wrapped in a papery husk · small dogs
Piadina
A thin Italian flatbread from Romagna · Italian
Pianissimo
Italian for very soft, for a quiet little dog · Italian · small dogs
Piaya
A flat pastry filled with muscovado sugar · Filipino
Pide
A boat shaped Turkish flatbread · Turkish
Piha
A black sand surf beach west of Auckland · Maori
Pihanga
A bush clad mountain beside Lake Taupo, beloved in Maori legend · Maori
Pihu
Means sweet sound, like a bird call, in Hindi · Hindi
Pikake
The Hawaiian jasmine flower · Hawaiian
Pilar
Spanish for pillar, from a title of the Virgin Mary · Spanish
Pilvi
Finnish for cloud · Finnish
Pina Colada
A rum, coconut and pineapple cocktail, meaning strained pineapple · Spanish
Pinar
Means spring of water in Turkish · Turkish
Pingping
A doubled Mandarin name meaning peaceful · Chinese
Pink
The colour of roses and candyfloss
Pink Gin
Gin with a dash of bitters, a naval favourite
Pink Pepper
Pink peppercorns · small dogs
Pinka
Virginia Woolf's cocker spaniel, a gift from a friend
Pinky
The little finger, or a soft shade of pink · small dogs
Pintinha
Portuguese for little spot · Portuguese
Pipa
A pear shaped Chinese lute · Chinese · small dogs
Piper
One who plays the pipes
Pipoca
Portuguese for popcorn, for a bouncy dog · Portuguese
Pippa
Short for Philippa
Pisa
Tuscan city with the famous leaning tower · Italian
Pita
Round flatbread that puffs into a pocket · Greek
Pizzelle
Thin patterned Italian waffle biscuits · Italian
Plata
Spanish for silver · Spanish
Pleiades
The seven sisters star cluster, called Matariki in New Zealand · Greek
Pleione
A star of the Pleiades, the mother of the seven sisters · Greek
Ploy
Means gem in Thai · Thai
Plum
A soft purple stone fruit, from the Latin prunum
Plume
A long showy feather
Plumeria
The flower strung into Hawaiian garlands
Pnina
Means pearl in Hebrew · Hebrew
Pogaca
A soft Turkish breakfast bun · Turkish · small dogs
Pohutukawa
The New Zealand Christmas tree, crimson in December · Maori
Poinciana
The flame tree, covered in scarlet flowers in summer
Poinsettia
Red leaved Christmas plant, named after the American envoy Joel Poinsett
Poire
French for pear · French
Pola
Polish short form of Apolonia · Polish
Polenta
Golden Italian cornmeal porridge · Italian
Polka
A bouncy Bohemian dance · Czech
Polka Dot
A pattern of evenly spaced round dots · small dogs
Polly
Tom Sawyer's watchful aunt in Twain's novel · English
Polpetta
Italian for a little meatball · Italian
Pomelo
The largest citrus fruit · big dogs
Pomme
French word for apple · French
Pomona
From Latin for fruit tree, the goddess of orchards · Latin
Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour, who gave her name to a grand hairstyle · French
Pompeii
The Roman town buried by Vesuvius and preserved under ash · Latin
Pompom
A small fluffy ball of wool · small dogs
Poni
Hawaiian for the colour purple · Hawaiian
Popi
Greek pet form of Kalliopi · Greek
Poppet
A British term of endearment for a small child · small dogs
Poppy
UK number one female dog name in the 2025 National Dog Survey
Porcelain
Fine white china · small dogs
Porchetta
A savoury rolled roast pork from central Italy · Italian
Portia
The quick witted lawyer of The Merchant of Venice
Positano
A cliffside village on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, stacked in pastel houses above the sea · Italian
Posy
A small bunch of flowers · small dogs
Potion
A magic brew stirred in the cauldron
Prairie
Wide open grassland
Praline
A sugared nut confection · French
Precious
Of great value and much loved
Pretty
Pleasing to look at
Prima
Latin and Italian for first · Latin
Primrose
An early English spring flower
Princess
The daughter of a king or a queen · English
Princess Puddles
Royalty who has the odd accident
Princess Wiggles
Royalty with a waggly bottom
Prinsesstarta
A green domed Swedish princess cake · Swedish
Priscilla
Latin name meaning ancient or venerable · Latin
Priya
Sanskrit, beloved · Sanskrit
Proserpina
Means to emerge, the Roman queen of the underworld and spring · Latin
Protea
Bold South African flower and its national bloom · Greek
Provence
Sunny region of southern France · French
Proxima
The nearest star to the Sun, Latin for nearest · Latin
Prudence
Latin, good judgement
Psyche
A metal rich asteroid named after the Greek heroine Psyche · Greek
Pua
Hawaiian for flower · Hawaiian
Pualani
Hawaiian name meaning heavenly flower · Hawaiian
Puanani
Hawaiian name meaning beautiful flower · Hawaiian
Puce
A brownish purple, French for flea · French
Pudding
A soft sweet dish served after a meal · small dogs
Puebla
A Mexican city known for painted tiles and mole poblano · Spanish
Pugovka
Russian for little button · Russian · small dogs
Puja
An act of worship or offering · Sanskrit
Pulama
Means cherished in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Puleng
Means in the rain in Sotho · Sotho
Pulga
Spanish for flea, for a tiny dog · Spanish · small dogs
Pulla
Finnish cardamom bun · Finnish
Pumehana
Means warm-hearted in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Pumpkin
A large orange squash, also an old term of affection
Punktchen
German for little dot · German · small dogs
Purin
Japanese caramel custard pudding, wobbly and sweet · Japanese · small dogs
Puriri
A New Zealand tree that flowers and fruits all year · Maori
Purnama
Means full moon in Indonesian · Indonesian
Purslane
A juicy leaved wild herb
Pushinka
Puppy of the space dog Strelka, given to the Kennedy family · Russian
Pyxis
A small constellation of the ship's compass · Greek · small dogs

Boy names (236)

Paavo
Finnish form of Paul · Finnish
Pablo
Spanish form of Paul · Spanish
Pachacuti
The Inca ruler who built Machu Picchu · Quechua
Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel, the composer of the famous Canon · German
Paco
Spanish pet form of Francisco · Spanish
Pad Thai
Thailand's famous stir fried rice noodles · Thai
Paddy
Pet form of Padraig · Irish
Pado
Means wave in Korean, for a water-loving dog · Korean
Padraig
Irish form of Patrick · Irish
Padron
A small green Spanish pepper, now and then a hot one · Spanish · small dogs
Paganini
Italian violinist of dazzling skill · Italian
Pakal
K'inich Janaab Pakal, the great Maya king of Palenque · Maya
Pal
Rough collie who played the original screen collie hero
Palang
Means leopard in Persian · Persian
Palani
Hawaiian form of Frank, meaning free · Hawaiian
Palermo
The sunny capital of Sicily, known for street food markets and Norman palaces · Italian
Palladio
Andrea Palladio, the Renaissance architect of villas · Italian
Pallas
Second asteroid ever discovered · Greek
Palmer
English surname for a pilgrim back from the Holy Land with a palm leaf · English
Palmier
A crisp pastry shaped like a palm leaf · French
Pamir
The high roof of the world in central Asia
Pampero
A cold wind sweeping the Argentine plains · Spanish
Pan
Greek god of the wild woods and of shepherds · Greek
Pancake
A thin flat cake cooked in a pan
Pancho
Spanish nickname for Francisco · Spanish
Pandoro
A tall golden star shaped Christmas cake from Verona · Italian
Panforte
A dense spiced Sienese cake of nuts and honey · Italian
Pangu
The first being of Chinese myth, who pushed earth and sky apart · Chinese · big dogs
Panhu
A dragon dog who won the hand of a princess in Chinese myth · Chinese · big dogs
Panino
An Italian sandwich roll · Italian
Paniolo
A Hawaiian cowboy, from the islands' ranching history · Hawaiian
Panos
Greek short form of Panagiotis, meaning all holy · Greek
Panther
A big cat, and the usual name for a black leopard or jaguar · big dogs
Paolo
Italian form of Paul · Italian
Papa
A fond name for a father, for the old man of the house
Papagayo
A strong gap wind of Central America, Spanish for parrot · Spanish
Papageno
Cheerful birdcatcher in The Magic Flute · German
Papi
Spanish for daddy, a fond name for the man of the house · Spanish
Paradiso
Gran Paradiso, the only Italian peak over 4,000 m entirely in Italy · Italian
Pardner
Cowboy slang for partner or friend
Pardo
Spanish for brown or dun · Spanish
Paris
Trojan prince of Greek legend · Greek
Parker
English surname for the keeper of a park · English
Parkes
Henry Parkes, the father of Australian federation
Parmesan
The king of Italian hard cheeses · Italian
Parnassus
The Greek mountain sacred to Apollo and the Muses · Greek
Pars
Means leopard in Turkish · Turkish
Parsifal
The Grail knight in Wagner's opera, the same hero as Percival · German
Parson
A country clergyman, and the Parson Russell Terrier
Parthenon
The marble temple on the Acropolis of Athens · Greek
Pascal
French name meaning born at Easter · French
Pasco
Cornish form of Pascal, born at Easter · Cornish
Pasha
Russian pet form of Pavel, Paul, meaning small · Russian
Pasquale
Italian, from Pascha, Easter · Italian
Passer
Latin for sparrow · Latin · small dogs
Pasteur
Louis Pasteur, who made the first rabies vaccine · French
Pat
The Irish Terrier of Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King
Paterson
Banjo Paterson, the Australian poet of Waltzing Matilda
Pathfinder
Someone who finds the way through wild country
Patrasche
The loyal working dog of Ouida's A Dog of Flanders · Flemish · big dogs
Patrick
Latin patricius, nobleman, Ireland's patron saint · Irish
Patroclus
Beloved companion of Achilles in the Iliad · Greek
Paul
Latin Paulus, small or humble · Latin
Paulie
Pet form of Paul, Latin for small · Italian · small dogs
Pavlos
Greek form of Paul · Greek
Pavo
The peacock constellation of the southern sky
Paw Revere
A pun on Paul Revere, for a dog who sounds the alarm
Pawcasso
A pun on the painter Pablo Picasso
Pawl Bunyan
A pun on Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack of American folklore · big dogs
Paxton
English place name, Pacc's town
Peacock
A large bird known for the male's bright tail fan
Peadar
Irish form of Peter · Irish
Peanut
A natural for the smallest pup in the litter
Peat
Dark earth cut from bogs and burned for fuel
Pecorino
A hard Italian sheep's milk cheese · Italian
Pecos
A Texas and New Mexico river, the home of legendary cowboy Pecos Bill
Pedlar
A travelling seller of small goods
Pedram
Means happy and successful in Persian · Persian
Pedro
Spanish form of Peter, Greek for stone · Spanish
Pedrocchi
A minty coffee from the Caffe Pedrocchi in Padua · Italian
Pekko
The Finnish god of fields and barley · Finnish
Pelion
A green Greek mountain, home of the centaurs in myth · Greek
Pelle
Swedish pet form of Per · Swedish
Pellinore
The king who forever chased the Questing Beast · Old French
Pemberton
A mountain farming valley near Whistler
Pendragon
Title of Britain's legendary high kings · Welsh · big dogs
Peng
Chinese for friend · Chinese
Penstemon
Beardtongue, a wildflower of tubular bells · Greek
Pepe
Spanish nickname for Jose · Spanish
Peperoncino
Italian for a small hot chilli pepper, the friggitello's fiery cousin · Italian · small dogs
Pepi
A pharaoh of Egypt whose reign was one of the longest in history · Ancient Egyptian · small dogs
Pepijn
Dutch form of Pepin, the old Frankish name · Dutch
Pepito
Spanish pet form of Pepe, cheerful and charming · Spanish · small dogs
Pepper Jack
Monterey Jack studded with peppers
Peppercorn
The dried black berry that is ground into pepper · small dogs
Pequin
A tiny hot chilli · Mexican Spanish · small dogs
Percheron
Big draught horse from the Perche region of France · French · big dogs
Percival
A knight of the Round Table who sought the Holy Grail · French
Percy
Short for Percival
Peredur
Knight of Welsh Arthurian legend · Welsh
Peregrine
From the Latin peregrinus, traveller, also a British falcon
Pericles
The great statesman of ancient Athens · Greek
Peritas
Dog of Alexander the Great, said to have a city named for him · Greek
Perry
Pressed pear drink, the cousin of cider · English
Perseus
Greek hero who defeated Medusa · Greek
Perun
Slavic god of thunder and lightning · Slavic · big dogs
Pesto
Italian sauce built on basil
Pete
Bull terrier of Theodore Roosevelt's White House
Peter
Collie who searched London rubble for trapped survivors
Petey
Pet form of Peter, Greek for stone
Petit
French, small · French · small dogs
Petit Verdot
A small dark Bordeaux grape, meaning little green one · French
Petros
Greek, stone · Greek
Petya
Russian pet form of Pyotr · Russian
Pewter
A soft grey tin alloy
Pfeffer
German for pepper · German
Phantom
A ghost or apparition
Phar Lap
The great chestnut racehorse who won the 1930 Melbourne Cup
Pharaoh
Title of the kings of ancient Egypt · Egyptian · big dogs
Pheasant
Long tailed game bird of fields and woods
Phelan
Irish surname meaning wolf · Irish · big dogs
Phil
Short form of Philip, Greek for friend of horses · Greek
Philippe
French form of Philip, lover of horses · French
Phillip
Greek Philippos, friend of horses · Greek
Philly
A mixed breed mascot and hero of an American infantry company in the First World War
Phineas
Hebrew Pinchas, from Egyptian for the Nubian · Hebrew
Phiz
A Boston Terrier given to Helen Keller by her college classmates
Phobos
The larger of the two moons of Mars
Phong
Means wind in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Photon
A single particle of light
Phuc
Means happiness and blessings in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Picante
Spanish for spicy · Spanish
Pickwick
Genial club founder in Dickens's first novel · English
Pico
Spanish for peak or beak, also a small amount · Spanish · small dogs
Pierce
Medieval form of Piers, Peter, stone
Pierre
French form of Peter · French
Pieter
Dutch form of Peter, meaning rock · Dutch
Pietro
Italian form of Peter, meaning rock · Italian
Pike
Fierce fish of lakes and rivers
Pilot
Someone who steers a ship or flies a plane
Pilot Whale
A big, dark dolphin that travels in pods · big dogs
Pim
Dutch pet form of Willem · Dutch
Pimiento
A sweet red pepper stuffed into olives · Spanish
Pine
A tall evergreen tree with needles and cones
Pino
Italian for pine tree · Italian
Pinot Noir
The red grape of Burgundy, black pine cone · French
Pintxo
A Basque snack on a slice of bread, held with a stick · Spanish · small dogs
Pioneer
Early spacecraft sent out past Jupiter
Pip
Orphan hero of Dickens's Great Expectations · English · small dogs
Piquillo
A small sweet red Spanish pepper · Spanish · small dogs
Piran
Name of the patron saint of Cornwall · Cornish
Pirozhok
Russian for a little stuffed pastry · Russian
Pisco Sour
A frothy pisco and lime cocktail from Peru and Chile · Spanish
Pismo
A California beach town famous for clams
Pissarro
Camille Pissarro, the father figure of the Impressionists · French
Pistacchio
Italian for pistachio · Italian
Piston
The part that pumps up and down in an engine, for a bouncy dog
Pitcher
The baseball player who throws to the batter
Pitchfork
A long handled fork for tossing hay
Pithivier
A round puff pastry pie with almond filling · French
Pjokk
Norwegian for a little fellow · Norwegian · small dogs
Planck
Max Planck, the father of quantum theory · German
Plantagenet
The royal house that ruled England for over three centuries
Platano
Spanish for banana or plantain · Spanish
Plateado
Spanish for silvery · Spanish
Plato
Ancient Greek philosopher · Greek
Playmaker
The player who sets up the scoring chances
Pliny
Pliny the Elder, the Roman naturalist · Latin
Plough
The farm tool that turns the soil, and a star pattern in the sky
Ploughman
A farm worker who guides the plough
Pluto
Dwarf planet named for the god of the underworld · Greek · small dogs
Poblano
Broad mild chilli from Puebla, roasted and stuffed · Spanish
Poe
The American writer of ravens and dark tales
Polar
Of the icy poles, as in polar bear · big dogs
Pollock
After Jackson Pollock, who dripped and splattered paint
Pollux
The brighter twin star of Gemini
Polonius
The long winded counsellor in Hamlet
Poltergeist
A noisy ghost that throws things, German for noisy ghost · German
Polvoron
A crumbly shortbread dusted in sugar · Spanish
Pomodoro
Italian for tomato, as in pasta al pomodoro · Italian
Poniente
A west wind of the Mediterranean, Spanish for setting sun · Spanish
Pooka
Shape shifting spirit of Irish folklore, often seen as a black horse · Irish
Popcorn
Maize kernels puffed by heat, used for small, bouncy dogs
Porkchop
A meaty cut of pork, for a chunky little foodie
Port
A sweet fortified wine from the Douro
Porter
A dark London beer style
Porthos
The big, hearty, boastful musketeer · big dogs
Porto
Riverside city in northern Portugal · Portuguese
Poseidon
Greek god of the sea and earthquakes · Greek · big dogs
Postman
The person who delivers the mail, every dog's favourite visitor
Potter
A maker of clay pots
Poussin
Nicolas Poussin, the French classical painter · French
Prado
Spanish for meadow · Spanish
Prancer
One of Santa's reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
Presto
Italian, quickly · Italian
Preston
English place name, priest's town
Pretzel
A knotted baked bread, from the German Brezel
Priam
Aged king of Troy in Homer's Iliad · Greek
Prieto
Spanish for very dark or black · Spanish
Primitivo
A dark red southern Italian grape · Italian
Primo
Italian for first · Italian
Primus
Latin for first · Latin
Prince
The son of a monarch, from the Latin princeps, first
Prince Noodleton
A noodle loving prince
Princeton
English place name meaning prince's town
Prinz
German for prince · German
Privateer
A sailor licensed to raid enemy ships
Procyon
Brightest star in Canis Minor, the little dog
Professor
A university teacher, for a clever dog
Profiterole
A small cream filled choux bun, usually topped with chocolate · French · small dogs
Prometheus
Greek titan who gave fire to people · Greek
Pronghorn
The fastest land animal of North America
Prosciutto
Thinly sliced Italian dry cured ham · Italian
Prospero
The scholar magician in Shakespeare's play The Tempest
Proteus
Neptune's second largest moon, named for the shape changing sea god · Greek
Proton
The positive particle in the nucleus of an atom
Proust
Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time · French
Provolone
A smooth Italian cheese often shaped like a pear · Italian
Pryanik
Russian spiced gingerbread · Russian
Pryderi
Prince in the Welsh Mabinogi tales · Welsh
Psamtik
A pharaoh who restored the might of Egypt in the seventh century BC · Ancient Egyptian
Ptah
Egyptian god of creation and craft, whose name means opener · Egyptian
Ptolemy
Dynasty of Greek kings who ruled Egypt · Greek
Publican
The landlord of a pub
Puccini
Italian composer of Tosca and La Boheme · Italian
Pulsar
A spinning neutron star that beats like a lighthouse
Pumblechook
Pip's pompous uncle in Great Expectations
Pungsan
A large white Korean hunting dog breed · Korean · big dogs
Punt
A rich land of incense that ancient Egyptians sailed to trade with · Ancient Egyptian
Purcell
Henry Purcell, the great English Baroque composer
Purser
The officer who handles money and supplies on a ship
Pushkin
Russia's best loved national poet · Russian
Puskas
After Ferenc Puskas, the great Hungarian footballer · Hungarian
Puszek
Polish for a little bit of fluff, a favourite name for a fluffy dog · Polish
Pyrope
A blood red garnet, from the Greek for fiery eyed · Greek
Pythagoras
The Greek thinker of the famous triangle theorem · Greek

Names for either (238)

Paczki
Rich Polish doughnuts eaten before Lent · Polish
Paddle
A short oar for a canoe or kayak
Paddock
A small fenced field for animals
Pademelon
A small forest wallaby of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Pagi
Means morning in Indonesian · Indonesian
Paintbrush
Indian paintbrush, a wildflower of the American West tipped in red
Pajeon
A savoury Korean spring onion pancake · Korean
Paka
Means cat in Swahili, a cheeky choice for a dog · Swahili
Pakora
Indian vegetable fritter in chickpea batter · Hindi
Palawan
A long island in the Philippines with limestone lagoons · Filipino
Pali
Means cliff in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Palila
A yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper bird · Hawaiian
Palladium
A rare silvery precious metal named after the asteroid Pallas · Greek
Palmetto
Fan leaved palm of the southern coasts · Spanish
Palomino
A golden horse with a pale mane, from the Spanish for young dove · Spanish · big dogs
Pampas
The wide grassy plains of South America · Quechua
Pampoen
Means pumpkin in Afrikaans · Afrikaans
Pamuk
Means cotton in Turkish, a favourite name for a white dog · Turkish
Panama
The Central American country of the canal, and a woven straw hat · Spanish
Pancit
Filipino noodles, a must at birthdays for long life · Filipino
Panda
The black and white bear of China's bamboo forests
Pandan
Fragrant green leaf used in South East Asian sweets · Malay
Pandesal
A soft Filipino bread roll eaten at breakfast · Filipino · small dogs
Paneer
Fresh Indian cheese that does not melt · Hindi
Panettone
Tall domed Christmas fruit bread from Milan · Italian
Pangolin
A scaly anteater that rolls into a ball · Malay
Panini
Italian pressed sandwich, from the word for small bread rolls · Italian
Panko
Light, flaky Japanese breadcrumbs that fry up golden · Japanese
Pantai
Means beach in Indonesian · Indonesian
Paperbark
An Australian tree with soft, peeling papery bark
Papillon
French, butterfly, and a toy spaniel breed · French · small dogs
Papyrus
Tall Nile reed the ancients made paper from · Greek
Paraty
A colonial town on the Brazilian coast with cobbled streets · Portuguese
Pardalote
A tiny spotted Australian bird, from the Greek for leopard like · Greek · small dogs
Parfait
Layered French dessert, the name means perfect · French
Parhelion
The scientific name for a sundog, Greek for beside the sun · Greek
Parkin
A sticky ginger and oat cake from northern England
Paros
A Greek island of white marble and blue doors · Greek
Parsley
A green herb, from the Greek petroselinon, rock parsley
Parsnip
Sweet pale root vegetable roasted in winter
Passport
The little book that lets you travel, for a dog who loves a trip
Patachou
From the French pate a choux, the light pastry dough, a fond word for a soft little dog · French
Patbingsu
Korean shaved ice topped with sweet red beans · Korean
Patch
A small area of different colour on a coat
Patches
Uneven areas of colour across a coat
Pateke
The brown teal, a small duck of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Pawpaw
A sweet tropical fruit, also called papaya
Paws
The soft padded feet of a dog or cat
Pax
Latin for peace · Latin
Peak
The pointed top of a mountain
Pebble
A small stone worn smooth by water · small dogs
Pecan
The sweet nut of the pecan tree, a good brown dog name
Pecas
Spanish for freckles, for a freckled dog · Spanish
Peerie
Shetland word for small · Scottish · small dogs
Peewee
The Aussie name for the magpie lark, after their call · small dogs
Peewit
The country name for the lapwing, after their call · small dogs
Pegasus
The winged horse of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Pehmo
Finnish for soft and fluffy · Finnish
Pekoe
Grade of black tea made from young leaves
Pelican
A large white water bird with a deep throat pouch · big dogs
Peluche
French and Spanish for plush, for a dog like a cuddly toy · French
Pemberley
Mr Darcy's grand estate in Pride and Prejudice · English · big dogs
Pembroke
Welsh county, and a type of corgi
Penang
A Malaysian island state famous for street food and old shophouses · Malay
Pendle
Pendle Hill in Lancashire, famous for its witch tales
Pendulum
A weight that swings back and forth, like a happy tail
Penguin
A black and white seabird that swims instead of flying
Pennant
A long pointed flag won by a champion team
Penne
Quill shaped pasta cut on the diagonal · Italian
Pentathlon
An athletics contest of five events · Greek
Pepper
A spice ground from peppercorns, used for speckled dogs
Peppermint
Sharp cooling mint used in tea and sweets
Pepperoni
A spicy salami that spots a pizza
Peppy
Lively and full of energy
Perce
A Quebec village by a huge pierced rock in the sea · French
Peridot
A green gem formed deep in the mantle
Perlino
A cream horse coat with blue eyes, Italian for little pearl · Italian
Persimmon
Bright orange autumn fruit eaten ripe and soft
Perth
Capital of Western Australia
Pesteh
Means pistachio in Persian · Persian
Petit Four
A bite sized fancy cake · French · small dogs
Petrel
A small seabird that lives out on the ocean
Petri
From the Petri dish, the little lab dish named after Julius Petri
Petrichor
The smell of rain falling on dry earth · Greek
Pewee
A small flycatcher named after their call · small dogs
Peyto
A wolf head shaped glacier lake in Banff National Park
Peyton
Old English place name meaning fighting man's estate · English
Phet
Means diamond in Thai and Lao · Thai
Phlox
A bright summer flower whose name means flame in Greek · Greek
Pho
Vietnam's fragrant beef noodle soup · Vietnamese
Phoenix
Southern constellation named for the firebird
Piano
Italian for soft and quiet in music · Italian
Picarones
Peruvian sweet potato doughnuts · Spanish
Piccadilly
London street and circus
Piccolo
Italian, small · Italian · small dogs
Pickle
A vegetable preserved in vinegar, also slang for a scrape · small dogs
Picklebean
A silly mix of pickle and bean
Piebald
Patched in black and white
Pierogi
Polish filled dumpling, boiled then fried in butter · Polish
Pigeon
The familiar grey bird of towns and cities
Piglet
A baby pig · small dogs
Pilau
A spiced rice dish loved along the East African coast · Swahili
Pilgrim
A traveller on a long journey to a special place · Latin
Pili
A buttery nut from the Philippines · Filipino · small dogs
Pillu
Means puppy in Marathi · Marathi · small dogs
Pilsner
Pale crisp lager first brewed in Plzen · Czech
Pimento
Sweet red pepper, also another word for allspice · Spanish
Pine Nut
The small seed of the pine, key to pesto · small dogs
Pineapple
A spiky tropical fruit with golden flesh
Pinecone
The woody seed cone of a pine tree · small dogs
Ping An
Means peace and safety in Chinese · Chinese
Pingo
A small hill with an ice core, found in the Arctic · Inuvialuktun
Pinnacle
The highest sharp point of a mountain
Pinot
Burgundy grape family named for its pine cone bunches · French
Pintail
A slender duck with a long pointed tail
Pinto
A horse patched in white and another colour, Spanish for painted · Spanish
Pinyon
A small nut pine of the American Southwest · Spanish
Pipi
A small smooth shellfish of Australian and New Zealand beaches · Maori · small dogs
Pipipi
The brown creeper, a small New Zealand songbird · Maori · small dogs
Pipit
A small streaky brown bird of fields and moors · small dogs
Pipkin
An old English word for a little earthenware pot · small dogs
Pippin
Peregrin Took, the youngest hobbit of the fellowship · small dogs
Pipsqueak
A very small or slight person or creature · small dogs
Piri
Small hot African chilli, the name means pepper · Swahili
Piri Piri
An African bird's eye chilli, the heat in piri piri chicken · Swahili
Pisang
Malay and Indonesian for banana · Malay
Pisces
The fishes constellation of the zodiac · Latin
Pista
Hindi for pistachio · Hindi
Pistache
French for pistachio · French
Pistachio
The pale green of pistachio nuts
Pitch
The black tar behind the phrase pitch black
Pitter Patter
The sound of small feet running
Piwakawaka
The New Zealand fantail, a cheeky bird who follows walkers · Maori · small dogs
Pixel
The smallest dot in a digital image, from picture element
Pixie
A small mischievous fairy of English folklore · small dogs
Pizzicato
Plucking the strings instead of bowing them · Italian · small dogs
Plantain
A large cooking banana
Plasma
The glowing fourth state of matter, found in stars and lightning
Plateau
High flat land lifted above the plains
Platinum
A precious silvery grey metal
Platypus
The duck billed egg laying mammal of Australia · Greek
Plover
A round shorebird that runs then stops still
Pluisje
Dutch for a little bit of fluff · Dutch · small dogs
Po
The longest river in Italy · Italian · small dogs
Pochi
The classic Japanese dog name, much like Spot in English · Japanese
Pocket
Small enough to fit in one · small dogs
Pocket Bean
A pocket sized little bean · small dogs
Pocket Rocket
A small, very fast dog · small dogs
Podium
The stand where the medal winners line up
Podo
Korean for grape · Korean
Poffertje
A tiny fluffy Dutch pancake · Dutch · small dogs
Pogonip
A frozen winter fog of the Great Basin, from the Shoshone word · Shoshone
Poha
Flattened rice cooked with spices for breakfast · Hindi
Poi
A Hawaiian paste of pounded taro root · Hawaiian
Pointillism
Painting with tiny dots of pure colour, perfect for a spotty dog
Poke
Hawaiian cubed raw fish, from the word to slice · Hawaiian
Poki
A Hawaiian pet name for a tiny one · Hawaiian · small dogs
Polaris
The north star, fixed above the pole
Polkagris
A red and white Swedish peppermint rock · Swedish
Pollen
The golden dust carried between flowers
Polo
A team game on horseback, from a Balti word for ball
Polu
Means blue in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Pomboo
Means dolphin in Swahili, for a friendly, sociable dog · Swahili
Ponderosa
A tall western pine with orange bark that smells of vanilla
Ponga
The silver fern, symbol of New Zealand · Maori
Pono
Hawaiian, righteous · Hawaiian
Ponpon
Means pompom in Turkish, for a fluffy little dog · Turkish · small dogs
Pony
A small horse · small dogs
Ponzu
A tangy Japanese citrus sauce, fun to call out · Japanese
Poochie
A fond play on pooch, an old word for a dog
Pookie
An old fond pet name for someone sweet and cuddly
Poplar
Tall fast growing tree with fluttering leaves · big dogs
Popo
Means bat in Swahili, for a dog with big ears · Swahili
Poppyseed
The tiny dark seed of the poppy · small dogs
Porcini
Prized wild mushrooms whose Italian name means like a pig · Italian
Porcupine
A big rodent covered in sharp quills · French
Porphyry
A purple rock prized by the Roman emperors · Greek
Porpoise
A small toothed whale, a cousin of the dolphin
Porridge
Oats cooked slowly in milk or water · Scottish
Portage
To carry a canoe overland between lakes · French
Portofino
A tiny fishing village on the Italian Riviera, now full of yachts · Italian
Posse
A group gathered to help the sheriff
Possum
Short for opossum, a tree dwelling marsupial · small dogs
Postcard
A picture card sent home from holiday
Postie
Slang for the postal worker in Australia, New Zealand and Britain
Potato
A starchy root vegetable, from the Spanish patata · small dogs
Potoroo
A small hopping rat kangaroo of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Potsticker
A pan fried dumpling crisp on one side · Chinese · small dogs
Pounamu
New Zealand greenstone, treasured by Maori · Maori
Poutine
The Quebec dish of chips, gravy and cheese curds · French
Pow
A comic book sound effect
Powder
Light dry freshly fallen snow
Powys
Old Welsh kingdom, now a county · Welsh
Prague
Capital of the Czech Republic
Prawn
A small sea creature, also Aussie slang for a skinny bloke · small dogs
Prehnite
A pale green stone with a waxy glow · Dutch
Prelude
A short piece that opens a larger work · French
Prism
A cut crystal that splits light into rainbows
Prosecco
Sparkling wine from north east Italy
Prune
A dried plum
Ptarmigan
A mountain grouse that turns white in winter · Scottish Gaelic
Puanga
The Maori name for Rigel, the star that marks the new year in some regions · Maori
Puck
The disc used in ice hockey · small dogs
Puddin
A soft way to say pudding, an old endearment
Puddle
The little pool the rain leaves behind · small dogs
Puddles
For the puppy still learning where to go
Pudge
Old favourite for a round, cuddly dog
Pueo
The Hawaiian short eared owl · Hawaiian
Puff
A small soft cloud
Puff Puff
West African fried dough balls · small dogs
Puffball
A round white fungus, and a word for a fluffy little dog · small dogs
Puffer
A fish that puffs up into a spiky ball · small dogs
Puffin
A black and white seabird with a bright striped beak · small dogs
Puffling
A baby puffin · small dogs
Puffy
Soft, round and fluffy
Pukaki
A milky blue glacier lake under Aoraki in New Zealand · Maori
Pukeko
A deep blue swamp hen of New Zealand · Maori
Puku
Te reo Maori for tummy, for a dog who loves their food · Maori · small dogs
Puma
A big wild cat of the Americas, also called cougar · Quechua
Pumice
Light porous stone thrown out by volcanoes
Puna
A district of the Big Island known for its lava flows · Hawaiian
Punakaiki
A West Coast spot with pancake rocks and blowholes in New Zealand · Maori
Punch
Fruit drink served from a bowl, named for its five parts · Hindi
Puppis
The stern of the ship Argo, a constellation with a very puppy sounding name · Latin
Puppy
Some dogs keep their baby name for life · small dogs
Purbeck
A Dorset peninsula of chalk cliffs and a ruined castle
Puri
A small puffed fried bread · Hindi · small dogs
Purple
The royal colour of kings and emperors
Purr
The low rumble a contented cat makes
Pushok
Russian for fluff or down · Russian · small dogs
Puso
Means heart in Tagalog · Tagalog
Puss
An old word for a cat, from the Dutch poes
Putih
Means white in Malay and Indonesian · Malay
Putti
The chubby winged children of Renaissance and Baroque art · Italian · small dogs
Pws
Welsh term of endearment, like pet or puss · Welsh
Pyramid
One of the great stone tombs of ancient Egypt · big dogs
Pyrenees
The range standing between France and Spain
Pyrite
Fool's gold, with a bright metallic shine · Greek

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