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Peetri (Peeter)
Almost certainly Peter the Great, ruled 1682-1721, widely considered the greatest of male Russian monarchs, and go-to Tsar for any Russian-based naming-project not involving the Soviets, the main one being Peter the Great’s Naval Fortress, aka the Tallinn-Porkkala defence station built under Nicholas II, designed to protect Russia from attack by sea following the 1905 destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, effectively ending the Russo-Japanese war. The distance between Tallinn and Porkkala (±36 km) was considered sufficient for guns on either side to create a barrier to any navy intent on attacking Saint Petersburg. See also Sõjakooli.
Pelguranna (Pelgurand) 
Shore of refuge, safe haven (see Pelgulinna asum). First recorded 1938. Street and Sub-district named after the beach of this name (popularly known as Stroomi rand since 1939), perhaps punning on the idea of it being a safe (i.e. nice) place to swim.
Pendi (Pent)
Man’s name, but also ‘rat’. Former farm name. Nice. Although it’s ‘rat’ in the central and Mulgi dialects close to Pärnu, in Hiiumaa or western Saaremaa, it could mean bogeyman, malicious spirit or ghost, and in the eastern dialect near lake Peipus, naljahammas, i.e. joker, jester or wisecracker. Since it seems to be in the middle of a quarry, take, um, your pick.
Pesa (Pesa)
Nest. Formerly known as Greeni from which the ‘G’ disagreeable to the Estonian palate often disappeared to produce Reeni and transliterated into German and Russian as Greenstraße and Ренская (Renskaya) indicating a personal name but whose remains a mystery. Also known as Linnu (1927-1959) with interlude as Kuslapuu (1940-1941). Anagram of Sepa.
