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English
Etymology
From Latin Paulus , from paulus ( “ small ” ) . Doublet of Pablo and Paolo .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul
In the New Testament, Saul , Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles .
A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens , “Dombey and Son: Chapter 1 ”, in Dombey and Son , London: Bradbury and Evans , , published 1848 , →OCLC :'He will be christened Paul , my - Mrs Dombey - of course.' She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again. 'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.'
A surname originating as a patronymic .
A place name :
An unincorporated community in Conecuh County , Alabama , United States , named after Paul the Apostle .
A city in Minidoka County , Idaho , United States .
An unincorporated community in Otoe County , Nebraska , United States .
A village south of Newlyn , Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall , England ( OS grid ref SW4627) .
A municipality on Santo Antão , Cape Verde .
Derived terms
Translations
male given name
Albanian: Palush m , Pal m
Amharic: ጳውሎስ ( p̣awlos )
Arabic: بَوْل m ( bawl )
Hijazi Arabic: بول m ( bōl ) , پول m ( pōl )
Armenian: Պողոս ( Poġos )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ m ( Pawlos )
Basque: Paulo
Belarusian: Па́вал m ( Pával ) ( cognate ) , Пол m ( Pol ) ( transliteration )
Breton: Paol (br)
Bulgarian: Павел m ( Pavel )
Catalan: Pau (ca) m , Pol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保羅 / 保罗 (zh) ( Bǎoluó )
Cornish: Pawl
Czech: Pavel (cs) m
Danish: Poul c
Dutch: Paul (nl) m , Pol (nl) m
Esperanto: Paŭlo
Estonian: Paavel , Paavo (et)
Faroese: Páll m , Pál m
Finnish: Paavali (fi) , Paavo (fi) , Pauli (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Por , Pol
French: Paul (fr) m
Galician: Paulo (gl) m
Georgian: პავლე (ka) ( ṗavle )
German: Paul (de) m
Greek: Παύλος (el) m ( Pávlos ) , transliterations: Πολ (el) ( Pol ) , dated Πωλ (el) ( Pol )
Greenlandic: Pavia , Paalu
Hawaiian: Paulo
Hebrew: פול (he) ( pol )
Hindi: पॉल ( pŏl )
Hungarian: Pál (hu)
Icelandic: Páll (is) m
Irish: Póil , Pól m
Italian: Paolo (it) m
Korean: 폴 ( Pol )
Latin: Paulus m
Latvian: Pauls m
Lithuanian: Paulius (lt) m
Macedonian: Павле m ( Pavle )
Maltese: Pawl m , Pawlu m
Maori: Pāora
Marathi: पॉल m ( pŏl )
Northern Sami: Bávlos
Norwegian: Pål (no) , Paul (no)
Persian: پاول ( pâol )
Polish: Paweł (pl) m
Portuguese: Paulo (pt) m
Romanian: Pavel (ro) m
Russian: Па́вел (ru) m ( Pável ) ( cognate ) , Пол (ru) m ( Pol ) ( transliteration )
Scottish Gaelic: Pòl m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Павле m , Павао m
Roman: Pavle (sh) m , Pavao m
Skolt Sami: Paavvâl
Slovak: Pavol m
Slovene: Pavel (sl) m
Spanish: Pablo (es) m
Swahili: Paulo
Swedish: Paul (sv) , Pål
Telugu: పాల్ ( pāl )
Ukrainian: Павло́ (uk) m ( Pavló ) ( cognate ) , Пол m ( Pol ) ( transliteration )
Urdu: پال m or m ( pāl )
Welsh: Phaul , Pawl m
West Frisian: Pouw
Yakut: Байбал ( Baybal )
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Paul , from Latin Paulus , paulus ( “ small ” ) .
Proper noun
Paul
a male given name from English
Cimbrian
Proper noun
Paul
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul
References
Danish
Proper noun
Paul
a male given name , a variant of the much more popular Poul
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin Paulus .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul m
a male given name , equivalent to English Paul
Estonian
Proper noun
Paul
a male given name , equivalent to English Paul
Finnish
Etymology
From the Swedish , German or English Paul . Cognate with the older Finnish Paavo .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul
a male given name
1946 , Anni Swan , Pauli on koditon , WSOY, published 1960 , page 21 :—Sanohan ensin mikä nimesi on? —Pauli. —Pauli, toisti Anna hitaasti. Minulla oli ennen pieni, Paul niminen veli, lisäsi hän. —Could you first tell me your name? —Pauli. —Pauli, Anna slowly repeated. I used to have a little brother named Paul , she added.
Usage notes
More common in the vernacular form Pauli .
Declension
Statistics
Paul is the 261st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,815 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,550 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul m
Paul ( biblical figure )
a male given name
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul m (proper noun , strong , genitive Pauls )
a male given name , feminine equivalent Paula , Paulina , or Pauline , equivalent to English Paul
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English Paul .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul m or f by sense
A male given name and surname in English
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Paul .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul m or f by sense
A male given name and surname in German
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French Paul .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpol/ , ( careful style ) /ˈpɔl/ [ 1]
Rhymes: -ol , ( careful style ) -ɔl
Proper noun
Paul m
A male given name in French
References
Norwegian
Proper noun
Paul m (feminine Paula )
a male given name
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpawl/
Rhymes: -awl
Syllabification: Paul
Proper noun
Paul m pers
a male surname
Declension
Proper noun
Paul f (indeclinable )
a female surname
Derived terms
See also
Swedish
Etymology
Clipping of Latin Paulus . Cognate with English Paul .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paul c (genitive Pauls )
a male given name
References