| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Paltiel (Palti'el)
פַּלְטִיאֵל | There are two people in the Bible called "Paltiel". One of them is a prince of the tribe of Issachar. |  |
Paz
פָּז | Pure gold, or anything that glimmers like gold. |  |
Pazit
פַּזִּית | The name is derived of the word פָּז (paz), which means: pure gold, or anything that glimmers like gold. | |
Pe'er
פְּאֵר | Magnificence, splendor, grandeur. | |
Peleg
פֶּלֶג | Brook, creek, stream; section, faction. | |
Peninnah (Pnina)
פְּנִנָּה (פנינה) | In modern Hebrew, the name "פְּנִנָּה" (Pnina) sounds like the word פְּנִינָה (pnina, "pearl"). | |
Pesach (Pesakh, Pesah)
פֶּסַח | Pesach (Passover) is the name of one of the Jewish holidays: "In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover" (Leviticus 23, 5). | |
Phinehas (Pinhas, Pinchas)
פִּינְחָס, פִּנְחָס | There are several people called Phinehas in the Bible. One of them is the grandchild of Aaron the high priest. | |
Puah (Pua, Pu'a)
פּוּעָה | Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives in Egype at the time when Moses was born. The Egyptian king ordered them to kill all the newborn Hebrew boys, but they disobeyed him. | |