Selected Mottoes (with Translations): "O-P" Surnames
| Family Name | Original Language (Usually Latin or Old French) | English Translation (if needed) |
| Orr | Bonis omnia bona | All things are good to the good |
| Osborne | Pax in bello | Peace in war |
| Owens | Inutilis vis est | Force is useless |
| Oak | -- | Persevere |
| Ochterlony | Sic itir ad astra | This is the way of the stars |
| Ogilvey | Nil desperandum | Never dispair |
| Ogilvie | Fideliter | Faithfully |
| Ogilvie | Pro patria | For my country |
| Ogilvy | -- | Forward |
| Oliphant | -- | I'll hope and not rue |
| Oliphant | -- | What was may be |
| Oliverson | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Onslow | Festina lente | Be quick without impetuosity |
| Orlebar | Ora et labora | Pray and labour |
| Orme | Fortis et fidelis | Brave and faithful |
| Orpen | Vincit veritas | Truth conquers |
| Otter | -- | Watch |
| Otway | Semper vigilans | Always watchful |
| Oukes | -- | Persevere |
| Owen | Deus pascit corvos | God feeds the ravens |
| Owen | Firmitas in caelo | Stability in heaven |
| Owen | Nec temere nec timide | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| Palmer | -- | Deeds not words |
| Parke | Sapienter et pie | Wisely and piously |
| Parker | Fideli certa merces | To the faithful there is certain reward |
| Patterson | Virtute viresco | I flourish by virtue |
| Patton | Patior, potior | I endure, I enjoy |
| Perry | Re et merito | By reality and merit |
| Pierce | Sub cruce salus | Salvation under the cross |
| Piggott | Tout foys presit | Always ready |
| Phelan | Turris fortis mihi Deus | God is a tower of strength to me |
| Phillips | Mens conscia recti | A mind conscious of rectitude |
| Plunket(t) | Festina lente | Be quick without impetuosity |
| Porter | Vigilantia et virtute | By vigilance and valour |
| Power | Pro patria semper | For my country ever |
| Prendergast | Vincit veritas | Truth prevails |
| Price | In vigila sic vinces | In watchfullness thus you will conquer |
| Purcell | Aut vincam periam | I will either conquer or perish |
| Packwood | -- | None is truly great, but he that is truly good |
| Palmer | -- | It shall flourish |
| Palmer | Honor virtutes praemium | Honor is the reward of valour |
| Palmer | Virtute non verbis | Deeds not words |
| Panton | Semper eadem | Always the same |
| Papillon | Ditat servata fide | Tried fidelity enriches |
| Parke | -- | True and fast |
| Parker | -- | Try |
| Parkhouse | -- | The cross our stay |
| Parkyns | Honeste audax | Honourably bold |
| Parlby | Parle bien | Speak well |
| Parr | Faire sans dire | To do without speaking (Deeds not words) |
| Parry | Heb Dduw heb ddin a Duw a digon | Without God, without anything, God is enough |
| Parry | Nil desperandum | Never dispair |
| Parry | Tu ne cede malis | Yield not to misfortunes |
| Parsons | Pro Deo et rege | For God and king |
| Partridge | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Partridge | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Paruck | -- | A good conscience is a sure defense |
| Paterson | Pro rege et patria | For king and country |
| Paton | -- | Do right and fear nocht |
| Patrick | Ora et labora | Pray and labour |
| Pattinson | Finem respice | Consider the end |
| St Paul | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Pawson | Favente Deo | By Gods favour |
| Payne | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Peacock | -- | Be just and fear not |
| Peacocke | Vincit veritas | Truth conquers |
| Pearce | Celer et audax | Swift and bold |
| Pears | Vi et virtute | By strength and valour |
| Pearson | -- | Rather die than disloyal |
| Pearson | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Pease | Confide recte agens | Trust in fair dealing |
| Pechell | Vix ea nostro noco | I scarce call these things our own |
| Pedlar | Animo non astutia | By courage, not craft |
| Pelham | Vincit amor patriae | To love my country |
| Pemberton | Labore et honore | Labour with honour |
| Pendleton | Audaces fortuna juvat | Fortune favours the bold |
| Pendred | Nosce teipsum | Know thyself |
| Pennington | Vincit amor patriae | To love my country |
| Pennyman | Fortiter et fideliter | Boldly and faithfully |
| Pentany | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Peperoll | Fortiter et fideliter | Boldly and faithfully |
| Peppard | Virtute et valore | By virtue and valour |
| Perkins | Toujours loyale | Always loyal |
| Perrier | Consilio et vi | By wisdom and force |
| Perrott | Amo, ut invenio | I love as I find |
| Peter | Sub libertate quietem | Rest under liberty |
| Peto | Ad finem fidelis | Faithful to the end |
| Petty | Ut apes, geometriam | As bees, geometry |
| Peyton | Patior, potior | I endure, I enjoy |
| Philip | Vive sperandum | Life hope |
| Phillips | Pro aris et focis | For our altars and our home |
| Phillips | Pro Deo et rege | For God and king |
| Phillips | Spero meliora | I hope for better things |
| Phillpotts | Semper paratus | Always prepared |
| Philps | Toujours pret | Always ready |
| Pickard | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Pigott | Crescit sub pondere virtus | Virtue thrives beneath oppression |
| Pitkington | -- | Now thus! now thus! |
| Poingdestre | Nemo me impune lacessit | No one provokes me with impunity |
| Pollexfen | Semper fidelis | Always faithful |
| Pollock | Spectemur agendo | Let us be judged by our actions |
| Pomeroy | Virtutis fortuna comes | Fortune the companion of valour |
| Pontifex | In hoc signo vinces | Under this sign you shall conquer |
| Pooler | Vi et virtute | By strength and valour |
| Pooll | Confide recte agens | Trust in fair dealing |
| Porcher | Pro rege | For my king |
| Porteous | -- | I wait my time |
| Portman | -- | Make a clean heart and a cheerful spirit |
| Postlethwaite | Semper paratus | Always prepared |
| Powell | Omne bonum Dei donum | All good things comes in the gift of God |
| Powell | Vi et virtute | By strength and valour |
| Pownall | -- | Grace me guide |
| Price | Auxilium meum a Domino | My help is from the Lord |
| Price | Vive ut vivas | Live that you may live forever |
| Priestley | Respice finem | Regard the end |
| Pringle | Nosce teipsum | Know thyself |
| Pringle | Sursum | Upwards |
| Prior | Malo mori quam foedari | Death rather than dishonour |
| Proby | Manus hoec inimica tyrannis | This hand is hostile to tyrants |
| Prothero | Deus pascit corvos | God feeds the ravens |
| Pryce | Duw ar fy rhan | God for my protection |
| Pryce | Fuimus | We have been (We have made our mark) |
| Pryse | Duw Ar benithlo | God with us |
| Prytherch | Duw a digon | God and enough |
| Pudsey | Fortuna favente | By favour and fortune |
| Purceil | Huamni nihil alienum | Nothing that relates to man is indifferent to me |
| Purchas | Semper paratus | Always prepared |
| Purdon | Pro aris et focis | For our altars and our home |
| Purnell | Fide et virtute | By fidelity and valour |
| Sources: Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (1993, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.) and The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales by Sir Bernard Burke (1996, Heritage Books: Bowie MD) | ||
