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PAPE : French cognate of POPE.

PAPKE : Means "pope" from Latin papa. Usually denoting a pompous man or one who played the part in a play.

PAPP (1) : Means "pope" from Latin papa. Usually denoting a pompous man or one who played the part in a play.

PAPP (2) : Means "glutton" from Late Latin pappare meaning "to eat".

PAQUET (1) : Means "gatherer or seller of firewood" from Old French pacquet.

PAQUET (2) : Derived from the given name PASCAL.

PAREDES : Means "dweller by the wall" from Latin paries.

PARENT : Derived from old French parent "notable".

PARIS : Variant of PARISH (1).

PARISH (1) : Originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.

PARISH (2) : Derived from the rare medieval given name Paris, an Old French form of PATRICK.

PARISI : Originally indicated a person from Paris, France.

PARK (1) : From Sino-Korean 樸, 朴 (bak) meaning "plain, unadorned, simple".

PARK (2) : From Middle English parc, this was a name for someone who worked in or lived in a park.

PARK (3) : From the medieval name Perkin, a diminutive of PETER.

PARKER : Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a man who was the gamekeeper at the medieval park.

PARKS : Patronymic form of PARK (3).

PARMA : From the city of Parma, well known in Italy for its artistic beauties.

PARODI : From the name of a village near Genoa.

PARRI : From the given name GASPARE.

PARRINO : From a family word that indicated a "godfather". In Sicily o parrino could be also a "parish priest".

PARRIS : Variant of PARISH (1).

PARRISH : Variant of PARISH (1) or PARISH (2).

PARRY : Derived from ap Harry meaning "son of HARRY".

PARSONS : Originally denoted a person who served as a parson.

PARTANEN : Derived from a Finnish word meaning "beard".

PASCAL : Derived from the given name PASCAL.

PASSERINI : From the name of a bird passero, that is "sparrow".

PASTERNACK : Variant of PASTERNAK.

PASTERNAK : Means "white turnip" or "parsnip". A famous bearer was Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of 'Doctor Zhivago'.



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