P Names 101: 45 French Names that start with P You Need to Know

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| By : Christine
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Are you looking for a French name beginning with P for your future boy or girl ?

I’ve sorted the 10 most popular French first names (boys and girls) starting with P by generation :

  • Baby boomers between 1946 and 1964
  • Generation X between 1965 and 1980
  • Generation Y between 1981and 1996
  • Generation Z between 1997 and 2012
  • Generation ALPHA between 2013 and today

And you can also see, listen to the pronunciation and print a list of first names beginning with P in an YouTube video, MP3 and pdf file below (end of the post).

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Most Popular French Names Starting With P : List To Read

For each generation, you’ll find the 10 most popular French first names, i.e. the names that have been given the most in France during that generation :

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Girls

How to read the graph ?

ex : Patricia is the most popular GIRL first name that start with P between 1946 and 1964 with 126,634 girls born with the first name “Patricia”.

Pascale is the second most popular GIRL first name that beginning with P given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 64,286 births.

…etc

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-P-baby-boomers

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PATRICIAGirl126,634
2PASCALEGirl64,286
3PIERRETTEGirl23,119
4PAULETTEGirl21,339
5PAULEGirl5,705
6PASCALINEGirl2,626
7PAULINEGirl1,274
8PAOLAGirl680
9PHILOMENEGirl550
10PILARGirl490

Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) : Boys

How to read the graph ?

ex : Philippe is the most popular BOY first name that start with P between 1946 and 1964 with 300,471 girls born with the first name “Michel”.

Patrick is the second most popular BOY first name that beginning with P given to baby boomers (1946 – 1964) with 294,192 births.

…etc

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-P-baby-boomers

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PHILIPPEBoy300,471
2PATRICKBoy294,192
3PASCALBoy162,811
4PIERREBoy159,359
5PATRICEBoy78,278
6PAULBoy38,137
7PIERRICKBoy3,715
8PIERRE-YVESBoy1,581
9PIERRE-MARIEBoy887
10PATRICBoy792


Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-X

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PATRICIAGirl73,332
2PASCALEGirl35,578
3PEGGYGirl15,836
4PAULINEGirl3,831
5PASCALINEGirl3,761
6PAOLAGirl2,509
7PERRINEGirl2,498
8PAULAGirl1,883
9PIERRETTEGirl1,593
10PRISCILLAGirl1,372

Generation X (1965 – 1980) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-X

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PHILIPPEBoy177,301
2PASCALBoy126,481
3PATRICKBoy83,600
4PIERREBoy59,419
5PATRICEBoy49,705
6PAULBoy10,817
7PIERRICKBoy4,059
8PIERRE-YVESBoy3,579
9PAULOBoy3,107
10PEDROBoy2,263

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-Y

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PAULINEGirl73,146
2PERRINEGirl10,885
3PRISCILLAGirl10,553
4PAMELAGirl6,158
5PRISCILLIAGirl5,828
6PATRICIAGirl5,677
7PRESCILLIAGirl3,676
8PASCALINEGirl3,056
9PASCALEGirl1,946
10PRISCAGirl1,944

Generation Y (1981 – 1996) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-Y

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PIERREBoy77,845
2PAULBoy28,860
3PHILIPPEBoy19,558
4PASCALBoy10,644
5PATRICKBoy9,121
6PIERRICKBoy7,197
7PATRICEBoy5,826
8PIERRE-YVESBoy3,522
9PIERRE-ANTOINEBoy2,324
10PIERRE-LOUISBoy2,032


Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-Z

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PAULINEGirl47,639
2PERRINEGirl7,397
3PALOMAGirl4,327
4PHILIPPINEGirl2,985
5PAOLAGirl2,918
6PENELOPEGirl2,095
7PRUNEGirl1,769
8PRESCILLIAGirl1,759
9PRISCILLIAGirl1,661
10PRISCILLAGirl1,389

Generation Z (1997 – 2012) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-Z

1PAULBoy56,214
2PIERREBoy41,845
3PABLOBoy6,846
4PHILIPPEBoy3,428
5PAOLOBoy3,342
6PIERRICKBoy3,333
7PIERRE-LOUISBoy2,861
8PACOBoy1,960
9PATRICKBoy1,639
10PAULINBoy1,486


Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Girls

French-GIRLS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-ALPHA

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PAULINEGirl6,917
2PALOMAGirl1,763
3PAOLAGirl1,510
4PIAGirl1,119
5PHILIPPINEGirl1,119
6PÉNÉLOPEGirl990
7PRUNEGirl823
8PERRINEGirl705
9PAULAGirl693
10PHILOMÈNEGirl573

Generation ALPHA (2013 – today) : Boys

French-BOYS-names-that-start-with-P-Generation-ALPHA

RankFirst NameGenderNombre
1PAULBoy25,322
2PIERREBoy5,685
3PABLOBoy5,149
4PAOLOBoy1,723
5PACOBoy1,069
6PHARELLBoy946
7PACÔMEBoy844
8PAULINBoy827
9PHILIPPEBoy636
10PRESTONBoy392


Video To see (YouTube)

If you want to listen to the pronunciation of first names beginning with P (girls and boys) and see how they are spelled, you can watch this short video (about 1 minute):


French Names That Start With P : Pronunciation To Listen (Mp3)

If you only want to listen to the pronunciation, you can listen to this audio file (mp3) :


French Names That Start With P : PDF To Print

Please download the most popular French names that start with P (girls and boys) in PDF format to print :


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