Paul

See also paul

English

Etymology

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɔəl/
• (US) IPA: /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /pɑl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

Proper noun

Paul

1. In the New Testament, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Acts 9:4:

     Then Saul, ( who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him

2. A male given name of biblical origin.
   • 1848 Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son: Chapter 1:

     '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.'

3. A patronymic surname​.

Derived terms

• rob Peter to pay Paul
• Saint Paul
• Pauline

Related terms

• Saul
• feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Pauline

surnames

Fyall Mackfall MacPhail McFall McFaul McPhail Paule Paulet Pauley Paulin Pauling Paull Paulley Paulson Pauly Paw Pawle Pawlett Pawley Pawling

Pawlyn Pawson Pole Poles Poll Pollard Pollins Polson Pool Poole Poulsom Poulson Powell Powles Powley Powling Quail Quaile Quayle

Translations

the Apostle

• Arabic: بولس (báulus)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos)
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m
• Czech: Pavel (cs) m
• Danish: Paulus (da)
• Dutch: Paulus (nl)
• Esperanto: Paŭlo (eo)
• Estonian: Paulus (et)
• Faroese: Paulus (fo) m
• Finnish: Paavali (fi)
• French: Paul (fr)

  Old French: Pol

• German: Paulus (de)
• Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍅𐌻𐌿𐍃 (Pawlus)
• Greek: Παύλος (el) (Pávlos) m

  Ancient: Παῦλος (Paûlos)

• Haitian Creole: Pòl
• Hawaiian: Paulo

• Italian: Paolo (it)
• Japanese: パウロ (ja) (pauro)
• Latvian: Pāvils (lv) m
• Lithuanian: Paulius (lt)
• Macedonian: Павле (mk) (Pávle)
• Maltese: Pawlu (mt) m
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Paulus (no)
• Polish: Paweł (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Russian: Павел (ru) (Pável) m
• Spanish: Pablo (es)
• Swahili: Paulo (sw)
• Swedish: Paulus (sv)
• Vietnamese: Phao-lô (vi)
• Welsh: Phaul (cy)
• West Frisian: Paulus (fy)

male given name

• Arabic: بول (ar) (baul) m
• Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos)
• Belarusian: Павел (be) (Pável) m, Пол (be) (Pol) m
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m, Pol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保羅 (cmn), 保罗 (cmn) (Bǎoluó)

• Czech: Pavel (cs) m
• Danish: Poul (da)
• Dutch: Paul (nl), Pol (nl)
• Esperanto: Paŭlo (eo)
• Estonian: Paavel, Paavo
• Faroese: Páll (fo), Pál (fo) m
• Finnish: Paavali (fi), Paavo (fi)
• French: Paul (fr)
• Galician: Paulo (gl)
• German: Paul (de) m
• Greek: Παύλος (el) (Pávlos) m
• Greenlandic: Pavia (kl)
• Hawaiian: Paulo
• Hindi: पॉल (hi) (pol)
• Hungarian: Pál (hu)
• Icelandic: Páll (is)
• Irish: Póil (ga), Pól (ga) m
• Italian: Paolo (it)
• Japanese: ポール (ja) (Pōru)

• Korean: 폴 (ko) (Pol)
• Latin: Paulus (la)
• Latvian: Pauls (lv) m
• Lithuanian: Paulius (lt)
• Macedonian: Павле (mk) (Pávle) m
• Maltese: Pawl m, Pawlu m
• Marathi: पॉल (mr) (pǒla) m
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Pål (no), Paul (no)
• Polish: Paweł (pl)
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Russian: Павел (ru) (Pável) m (cognate), Пол (ru) (Pol) m (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Павле m, Павао (sh) m

  Roman: Pavle m, Pavao (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: Paavvâl
• Slovak: Pavol m
• Slovene: Pavel (sl)
• Spanish: Pablo (es)
• Swahili: Paulo (sw)
• Swedish: Paul (sv), Pål (sv)
• Telugu: పాల్ (te)
• Ukrainian: Павло (uk) (Pavló) m (cognate), Пол (uk) (Pol) m (transliteration)
• Welsh: Phaul, Pawl (cy) m

Anagrams

• pula, Pula

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Danish

Proper noun

Paul

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

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Estonian

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to the English Paul.

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French

Proper noun

Paul

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

Related terms

• Jean-Paul
• female given names: Paule, Paulette, Pauline, Marie-Paule

Anagrams

• palu, Pula

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paʊ̯l/

Proper noun

Paul m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Paul.

Related terms

• biblical from: Paulus
• female given names: Paula, Paulina, Pauline

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name. Popular variant: Pål. Feminine form: Paula.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to English Paul.

Related terms

• biblical: Paulus
• female given names: Paula, Paulina