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| PADDY | pet form of Patrick | 110 | |||
| PASCOE | Pask, Easter | 2083 | |||
| PAWLEY, PAWLE, PAULLE. PAWLY, PAULLEY, PAUL, PAULL | Cornish form of Paul | 826 | |||
| PAYNTER, PAINTER, PANTER | unknown meaning | 378 | |||
| PEARN, PEARNE | poss: brekaway from place Trepearne in Laneast & Sheviock parish which is from tre-spernen, homestead of thorns | 240 | |||
| PELLEW, PELLOW | pelyow, balls | 0 | |||
| PELLYMOUNTER, POLMOUNTER, PALAMOUNTAIN | pol-mun-tyr, pool by the mineral land | 5 | |||
| PELMEAR, POLMEAR, POLMEER, POLMERE, POLMER | pol-mur, big pool | 119 | |||
| PENALUNA | pen-lynnow, head of pools | 138 | |||
| PENBERTHY, PENBERTH | pen-perthy, end of bushes | 248 | |||
| PENCAVEL, PENCAVILLE | poss: pen-kevil, horse head, or poss: pen-kevelek, woodcock's head | 15 | |||
| PENDARVES, PENDARVIS | pen-derow or pen-dar, end of an oak wood | 1 | |||
| PENDENNIS, PENDENIS | pen-dinas, headland with a fort | 0 | |||
| PENDER, PENTER | pen-dyr, end of land | 206 | |||
| PENDRAY, PENDRY, PENDREA | pen-drea, principal homestead or pen-dre, end of homestead | 82 | |||
| PENELLUM | pen-ylyn, clean or bright head | 0 | |||
| PENFOUND | poss: pen-fawen, end of beach trees | 40 | |||
| PENGELLY, PENGILLY, PENGELLEY, PENGILLEY | pen-kelly, end of grove | 653 | |||
| PENGLAZE, PENGLASE | pen-glas, green head or top | 27 | |||
| PENHALE, PENHALL, PENHAUL | pen-hal, end of moor | 146 | |||
| PENHALIGON, PENHALIGAN, PENHALLIGON, PENHELEGON, PENHALEGEN | pen-helygen, end of willow tree | 66 | |||
| PENHALLOW | pen-hallow, end of moors | 0 | |||
| PENHALLURICK, PENALLURICK, PENLERICK | pen-hal-lurek, top of cultivated ground on moor | 29 | |||
| PENHORWOOD | unknown meaning | 0 | |||
| PENNA, PENNEY, PENNO, PENNOW, PENNOE | an-penna, chiefest, or from pennow, tops or heads | 259 | |||
| PENNECK | pen-knegh, top of the hillock | 5 | |||
| PENNELL | pen-?, head and unknown second element, perhaps variant of PENHALE? | 6 | |||
| PENPAWL | poss: pen-pol, pool end | 1 | |||
| PENPRASE, PENPRAZE, PENPRISE | pen-pras, end of meadow | 44 | |||
| PENRICE | pen-res, end of ford | 0 | |||
| PENROSE | pen-ros, end of moor | 381 | |||
| PENTECOST, PENTICOST, PENTACOST | poss: pen-ty-cos, chief house in the wood | 74 | |||
| PENTER | poss: pen-tir, end of land | 37 | |||
| PENTREATH | pen-treth, top of the beach | 55 | |||
| PENVER | pen-(m)vur, big hill-top (m mutates to v) | 7 | |||
| PENVOSE | pen-fos, ditch end | 0 | |||
| PENWARDEN, PENWARNE, PENWARN | pen-(g)wernen, end of alder trees (g is dropped) | 59 | |||
| PENWITH | pen-with, furthest end | 1 | |||
| PEPPER | poss: peber, baker | 0 | |||
| PERMEWAN | porth-mewan, the cove or beach of St. Mewan | 11 | |||
| PERREN, PERRIN, PERRING, PERRAN | from Saint Piran, patron saint of tinners and unofficially of Cornwall | 28 | |||
| PERROW | poss: from perrow, cauldrons or crocks | 69 | |||
| PETHERICK, PEDRICK, PETHICK | diminutive of Petroc, father of Cornish saints | 299 | |||
| PETHYBRIDGE, PETHERBRIDGE | poss: derived in some way PETHERICK | 24 | |||
| PEZZACK | poss: ma(b)p-ysak, son of Issac (ma is dropped, b mutates to p) | 23 | |||
| PILL | pyl, hillock | 219 | |||
| PINNICK | pen-ewyk, headland frequented by deer | 0 | |||
| PINNOCK, PENNOCK | from parish name St. Pinnock | 0 | |||
| PLEMING | plu-men, parish (boundry) stone | 9 | |||
| POLGLAZE, POLGLASE | pol-glas, blue or green pool | 24 | |||
| POLGREAN, POLGREEN | pol growyn, pool with gravel or grit | 47 | |||
| POLKINGHORNE, POLKINHORN | pol-Kynhorn, pool of Kynhorn | 435 | |||
| POLLAK, POLLOK, POLLOCK | if Cornish, pol-lok, pool by monastic cell | 1 | |||
| POLLARD | pol-?, pool and second unknown element | 529 | |||
| POLSUE | pol-jueI. black pool | 30 | |||
| POLWHELE | pol-whyl, pool of beetles or poss:pol-(g)wel, pool in open field | 9 | |||
| POLWIN | pol-wyn, white or fair pool | 14 | |||
| POOL, POOLE, POOLEY, POOLY | pol, pool | 420 | |||
| POPE | poss: popa, puffin (doubtful) | 410 | |||
| POWELL | ma(b)p-Howel, son of Howel. (ma is dropped, b mutates to p) | 184 | |||
| PRAED | pras, meadow | 21 | |||
| PREECE, PRICE, PRYCE | ma(b)p-Rees, son of Rees | 46 | |||
| PRIDEAUX | poss: pry-tyas, clay covered | 173 | |||
| PRISK, PRISKE | prysk, bush | 235 | |||
| PRITCHARD, PRICHARD | ma(b)p-Richard, son of Richard (ma is dropped, b mutates to p) | 19 |
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| PROUT | prowt, nickname meaning proud or puffed up | 397 | |||
| PROWSE, PROUSE | ma(b)p-ros, son of heath (ma is dropped, b mutates to p) | 239 | |||
| PRYNNE, PRYNNE, PRYN, PRINN | ma(b)p-Ryn, son of Rynne (ma is dropped, b mutates to p) | 187 | |||