Surnames Starting with P: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Peace

Villager; unbaptised child

Page, young servant

Palm, from Palm Sunday, or from Palma

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Wood pigeon, dove

From Paris, Parisian

Park keeper, gamekeeper

Park keeper, or dweller by a park

Grapevine, trellis

Son or servant of the parson

Of Easter

Shepherd

Shepherd

Nobleman (from Patricius)

Son of Patrick

Little Pate (Patrick)

From Paulus, "small"

Son of Paweł (Paul)

From Pawłów, Paul's place

From the personal name Pain ("villager")

Son of Piers (Peter)

Hill-dweller, or peck measure

Pilgrims

Pilgrim

Rock, crag

Penny farmstead

Son of Pedro (Peter)

Son of Perkin (little Peter)

Little Pierre (Peter)

Big Pietro (Peter)

Pear tree; son of Harry

Fish, fishmonger

From Petrus, "rock"

Son of Peter

Son of Peter

Small or young

Small

Piper

Lover of horses

Son of Philip, "lover of horses"

Town square

From Picardy

From Pickering, in North Yorkshire

Little pike, or from Picot

"small field"

From Piers (Peter)

Rock, stone (Peter)

Son of Piotr (Peter)

From Pilling, in Lancashire

Feather or quill, a Sardinian name

From Piotrowo, Peter's place

Pears; pear tree

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Pole; Paul; pool

Family of Polo (Paul)

Cropped head

Dweller by a pool

Pope, a nickname

From the old personal name Poppo

Pig, a nickname or name for a swineherd

Gatekeeper; carrier

Potter, maker of pots

Son of Hywel ("eminent")

Poor (nickname); Anglo-Norman family

Dweller by a well

Cunning, astute

Priest's farm

Son of Rhys ("ardour")

Dark-complexioned

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Son of Richard

Steward, agent

Foundling

Little valiant one