_Palen._ _Pællen_, purple.
_Pennington._ _Pening_, a penny; _tún_, dwelling, house. A mint; a bank.
_Pepper._ _Peppor_, or _peopor_, pepper.
_Peppercorn._ _Peppor_, pepper; _corn_, corn. A peppercorn.
_Pile._ _Píl_, a pile, dart, pole, stake.
_Pilking._ _Píl_, a pile, dart; _cyng_, a king, ruler, prince. Pile-king;
warrior-king.
_Pilkington._ _Pilking_, Pilking; _tún_, house. Home of Pilking.
_Pitt._ _Pitt_, a well, a hole.
_Pitfield._ _Pitt_, a well; _feld_, a field, pasture, plain. A plain full
of excavations.
_Pitkin._ _Pitt_, Pitt; _cyn_, kindred, posterity, nation. Pitt’s
posterity.
_Pitts._ _Pitt_, Pitt; _s_ for _sun_, son. Pitt’s son; son of Pitt.
_Pitman._ _Pitt_, a pit, a hole, a well; _man_, a man. A man who works in
a pit; a pitman.
_Pittenger._ _Pitt_, Pitt; _eng_ for _ing_, descendant; _er_, a personal
suffix. Descendant of Pitt.
_Plag._ _Plæga_, play, sport, pastime, wager.
_Plagman._ _Plæga_, play, pastime, wager; _man_, a man. Man of pleasure.
Plagemann, a cognate form.
_Plumly._ _Plume_, a plum; _líc_, form, shape, substance. Plum-shape.
_Porter._ _Port_, port, haven, town, city, gate of a town; _er_, a
personal suffix. A gate-keeper.
_Portman._ _Port_, a city; _man_, a man. A citizen.
_Preston._ _Preost_, a priest, presbyter, clergyman; _tún_, a house. A
parsonage.
_Prevost._ _Prafost_, prevost, president.
_Priestly_. _Preost_, a priest; _líc_, like. Priest-like.
_Pund._ _Púnd_, a pound, a fold.
_Punger._ _Pung_, a purse; _er_, a personal termination. A purser.
_Punt._ _Punt_, a boat.
_Pusey._ _Púse_, a purse, a bag.
_Poole._ _Púl_, pronounced _pool_, a pool.
_Pyle._ _Pyle_, a pillow, a cushion. Pywell, perhaps, from the same root.
_Pyne._ _Pín_, a pine.
_Pyott._ _Pytt_, a pit, a well. Piatt, a kindred name.