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Paul

See also: paul and pa'ul

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.

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Paul

  1. In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
  2. 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.'
    • 2006 October 18, David M. Halbfinger, “Hollywood Film Chain’s Latest Link”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 21 June 2025:
      Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture.
    • 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business‎[2]:
      Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    • 2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, in Reason‎[3]:
      In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter.
  4. A place name:
    1. An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
    2. A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
    4. A village south of Newlyn in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627). The civil parish of Paul (abolished 2021) did not include the village in latter years, and is now included in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.
    5. A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Paul, from Latin Paulus, paulus (“small”).

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Paul (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]

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Cimbrian

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Paul

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

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Danish

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Paul

  1. a male given name, a variant of the much more popular Poul

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin Paulus.

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  • IPA(key): /pɑu̯l/
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  • Hyphenation: Paul

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Paul m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

Estonian

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Paul

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin Paulus,[1] probably via Swedish Paul, German Paul or English Paul. Cognate with the older Finnish Paavo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑu̯l/, [ˈpɑ̝u̯l]
  • Rhymes: -ɑul
  • Syllabification(key): Paul
  • Hyphenation(key): Paul

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Paul

  1. 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

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  • More common in the vernacular form Pauli.

Declension

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Inflection of Paul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Paul Paulit
genitive Paulin Paulien
partitive Paulia Pauleja
illative Pauliin Pauleihin
singular plural
nominative Paul Paulit
accusative nom. Paul Paulit
gen. Paulin
genitive Paulin Paulien
partitive Paulia Pauleja
inessive Paulissa Pauleissa
elative Paulista Pauleista
illative Pauliin Pauleihin
adessive Paulilla Pauleilla
ablative Paulilta Pauleilta
allative Paulille Pauleille
essive Paulina Pauleina
translative Pauliksi Pauleiksi
abessive Paulitta Pauleitta
instructive — Paulein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Paul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Paulini Paulini
accusative nom. Paulini Paulini
gen. Paulini
genitive Paulini Paulieni
partitive Pauliani Paulejani
inessive Paulissani Pauleissani
elative Paulistani Pauleistani
illative Pauliini Pauleihini
adessive Paulillani Pauleillani
ablative Pauliltani Pauleiltani
allative Paulilleni Pauleilleni
essive Paulinani Pauleinani
translative Paulikseni Pauleikseni
abessive Paulittani Pauleittani
instructive — —
comitative — Pauleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Paulisi Paulisi
accusative nom. Paulisi Paulisi
gen. Paulisi
genitive Paulisi Pauliesi
partitive Pauliasi Paulejasi
inessive Paulissasi Pauleissasi
elative Paulistasi Pauleistasi
illative Pauliisi Pauleihisi
adessive Paulillasi Pauleillasi
ablative Pauliltasi Pauleiltasi
allative Paulillesi Pauleillesi
essive Paulinasi Pauleinasi
translative Pauliksesi Pauleiksesi
abessive Paulittasi Pauleittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Pauleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Paulimme Paulimme
accusative nom. Paulimme Paulimme
gen. Paulimme
genitive Paulimme Pauliemme
partitive Pauliamme Paulejamme
inessive Paulissamme Pauleissamme
elative Paulistamme Pauleistamme
illative Pauliimme Pauleihimme
adessive Paulillamme Pauleillamme
ablative Pauliltamme Pauleiltamme
allative Paulillemme Pauleillemme
essive Paulinamme Pauleinamme
translative Pauliksemme Pauleiksemme
abessive Paulittamme Pauleittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Pauleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Paulinne Paulinne
accusative nom. Paulinne Paulinne
gen. Paulinne
genitive Paulinne Paulienne
partitive Paulianne Paulejanne
inessive Paulissanne Pauleissanne
elative Paulistanne Pauleistanne
illative Pauliinne Pauleihinne
adessive Paulillanne Pauleillanne
ablative Pauliltanne Pauleiltanne
allative Paulillenne Pauleillenne
essive Paulinanne Pauleinanne
translative Pauliksenne Pauleiksenne
abessive Paulittanne Pauleittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Pauleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Paulinsa Paulinsa
accusative nom. Paulinsa Paulinsa
gen. Paulinsa
genitive Paulinsa Pauliensa
partitive Pauliaan
Pauliansa 		Paulejaan
Paulejansa
inessive Paulissaan
Paulissansa 		Pauleissaan
Pauleissansa
elative Paulistaan
Paulistansa 		Pauleistaan
Pauleistansa
illative Pauliinsa Pauleihinsa
adessive Paulillaan
Paulillansa 		Pauleillaan
Pauleillansa
ablative Pauliltaan
Pauliltansa 		Pauleiltaan
Pauleiltansa
allative Paulilleen
Paulillensa 		Pauleilleen
Pauleillensa
essive Paulinaan
Paulinansa 		Pauleinaan
Pauleinansa
translative Paulikseen
Pauliksensa 		Pauleikseen
Pauleiksensa
abessive Paulittaan
Paulittansa 		Pauleittaan
Pauleittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Pauleineen
Pauleinensa

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  • Paul is the 273rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,744 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,603 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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  1. ^ Kustaa Vilkuna (2005) [1976], Pirjo Mikkonen, editor, Etunimet, 4th edition, Helsinki: Otava, published 2011, →ISBN

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Paul m

  1. Paul (biblical figure)
  2. a male given name

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  • Haitian Creole: Pòl

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Paulus.

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Paul m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauls)

  1. a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Paula, Paulina, or Pauline, equivalent to English Paul
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English Paul.

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Paul m or f by sense

  1. a male given name and surname in English

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Borrowed from German Paul.

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Paul m or f by sense

  1. a male given name and surname in German

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Borrowed from French Paul.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpol/, (careful style) /ˈpɔl/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ol, (careful style) -ɔl

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Paul m

  1. a male given name in French

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paul in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Paul m (feminine Paula)

  1. a male given name
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Polish

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Paul m pers

  1. a male surname

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Declension of Paul
singular plural
nominative Paul Paulowie
genitive Paula Paulów
dative Paulowi Paulom
accusative Paula Paulów
instrumental Paulem Paulami
locative Paulu Paulach
vocative Paulu Paulowie

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Paul f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Clipping of Latin Paulus. Cognate with English Paul.

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Paul c (genitive Pauls)

  1. a male given name
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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Paul, from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Pablo, Paolo, and Paulo.

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Paul (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]

Welsh

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Etymology

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Latin Paulus. Doublet of Pawl.

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Paul m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

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Mutated forms of Paul
radical soft nasal aspirate
Paul Baul Mhaul Phaul

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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