Vintage Girl Names That Start With the Letter P

Vintage girl names starting with p

Are you a soon-to-be mom or dad and looking an old-fashioned girl's name starting with P? Whether you like very old names harking back to the beginning of the 20th century (Pearl, Pauline, Philomena) or like the idea of surprising your friends and family by picking a funky-clunky mid-century moniker (Patricia, Peggy, Paulette), you just might find your perfect baby name below. We dug through hundreds of pages of baby names and rounded up a list of old-fashioned P-names for baby girls, so all that's left for you to do is sit back and decide which names make it to your running list.

Pearl

If you like old-fashioned jewel and gemstone baby names, this one has vintage charm to spare.

Patricia

From the same roots as the word "patrician", meaning 'noble', Patricia was red-hot in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Is this mid-century relic ever going to regain its panache? Only time will tell.

Paulette

Looking for an old-fashioned P-name with a bit of French flair? Paulette might be perfect!

Philomena

Even if you find this name too fusty for a baby, it may hold special meaning to you as a (soon-to-be) parent: in Catholicism, St. Philomena is the patron saint of babies and youth.

Pauline

An irrevocably musty moniker with no future, or an old-fashioned gem on the brink of cool? We're not sure.

Patsy

Not recommended.

Peggy

A diminutive of Margaret, popular on its own in the 1940s and 50s.

Phyllis

A mid-century moniker through-and-through, Phyllis would undoubtedly feel out-of-place on a baby born today.

Patty

A diminutive of Patricia.

Pam

The go-to nickname for Pamela, occasionally also used as an independent given name back in the 1950s and 60s.

Pat

Short for Patricia, or as a standalone.

Patti

A Patricia offshoot that hasn't seen the light of day for decades.

Pattie

Even the sweet vintage suffix -ie isn't enough to restore this terminally dated moniker.

Pearlie

All the retro charm of Pearl, with an extra dose of cuteness.