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Pocahontas Name Meaning

History, Native American, AlgonquinMeans "she is playful" in Algonquin. This was the name of a young Algonquin woman, daughter of a powerful chief, who married a white colonist.

Origin: HistoryGender: Girl
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1 Padmavati
2 Princess
3 Pauliina
4 Praveena
5 Perpétua
6 Pleasance
7 Permelia
8 Pelagiya
9 Ptolemais
10 Patrícia
11 Pelageya
12 Parastoo
13 Pollyanna
14 Pomponia
15 Paraskeve
16 Prudence
17 Pherenike
18 Pauletta
19 Polyhymnia
20 Philippine
21 Paraskevi
22 Prudentia
23 Phillida
24 Praskoviya
25 Patricie
26 Pádraigín
27 Pascuala
28 Pranvera
29 Parthenope
30 Philomène
31 Philippina
32 Patricija
33 Pacífica
34 Priscille
35 Petronia
36 Paulette
37 Phyllida
38 Patience
39 Pétronille
40 Pasqualina
41 Philomena
42 Polymnia
43 Parvaneh
44 Priskilla
45 Patrizia
46 Panagiota
47 Pernilla
48 Parthenia
49 Pascaline
50 Philomela
51 Priscilla
52 Proserpina
53 Phillipa
54 Polyxena
55 Persephone
56 Petronel
57 Peninnah
58 Petronella
59 Petronela
60 Priyanka
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