Pål
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Páll, from Latin Paulus. Cognate with English Paul.
Proper noun
Pål
- a male given name.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 321 males with the given name Pål living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1970. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish Paval, Paell, cognate with Norwegian Pål, Danish Povl and English Paul, from Latin Paulus.
Proper noun
Pål c (genitive Påls)
- a male given name.
- Pär och Pål
- St. Peter and St. Paul
- Pär och Pål
Related terms
Categories:
- Norwegian terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names