Paul

See also: paul and pa'ul

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /pɑl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

Proper noun

Paul

1. In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 13:9:

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

2. A male given name from Latin 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, from given names​.
4. A city in Idaho.

Derived terms

• Pauline
• Pauls Valley
• rob Peter to pay Paul
• Saint Paul, St. Paul

Related terms

• feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Paulina, 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

• Amharic: ጳውሎስ (p̣awlos)
• Arabic: بُولُس‎ (būlus)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Połos)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ‎ m (Pawlos)
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 保羅, 保罗 (bou² lo⁴), 保祿, 保禄 (bou² luk⁶) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 保羅, 保罗 (Pó-lò)

  Mandarin: 保羅 (zh), 保罗 (zh) (Bǎoluó), 保祿 (zh), 保禄 (zh) (Bǎolù) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 保羅, 保罗 (Pó-lô), 保祿, 保禄 (Pó-lo̍k) (Catholic)

• Czech: Pavel (cs) m
• Danish: Paulus
• Dutch: Paulus (nl)
• Esperanto: Paŭlo
• Estonian: Paulus
• Faroese: Paulus m
• Finnish: Paavali (fi)
• French: Paul (fr)

  Old French: Pol

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

  Ancient: Παῦλος (Paûlos)

• Haitian Creole: Pòl
• Hawaiian: Paulo
• Hebrew: פאולוס‎
• Hungarian: Pál (hu)

• Irish: Pól m, Naomh Pól m
• Italian: Paolo (it)
• Japanese: パウロ (Pauro)
• Kazakh: Пауыл (Pawıl)
• Korean: 바오로 (Baoro)
• Latvian: Pāvils m
• Lithuanian: Paulius (lt)
• Macedonian: Павле (Pavle)
• Maltese: Pawlu m
• Maore Comorian: Ɓaulusu
• Maori: Pāora
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Paulus (no), Pål (no)
• Old English: Paulus m
• Persian: پولس‎ (fa) (pulos)
• Polish: Paweł (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Romanian: Pavel (ro) m
• Russian: Па́вел (ru) m (Pável)
• Sindhi: پولس‎
• Sinhalese: පාවුල් (pāwul)
• Spanish: Pablo (es)
• Swahili: Paulo
• Swedish: Paulus (sv)
• Tigrinya: ጳውሎስ (p̣awlos)
• Urdu: پولس‎ m (pawlus), پولوس‎ m (pawlos)
• Vietnamese: Phao-lô, Phaolô, Bảo Lộc
• Welsh: Phaul
• West Frisian: Paulus

male given name

• Arabic: بَوْل‎ m (bawl)

  Hijazi Arabic: بول‎ m (bōl), پول‎ m (pōl)

• Armenian: Պողոս (Połos)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ‎ m (Pawlos)
• Basque: Paulo
• Belarusian: Па́вал m (Pával) (cognate), Пол m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Breton: Paol
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m, Pol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保羅 (zh), 保罗 (zh) (Bǎoluó)

• Cornish: Pawl
• Czech: Pavel (cs) m
• Danish: Poul
• Dutch: Paul (nl), Pol (nl)
• Esperanto: Paŭlo
• Estonian: Paavel, Paavo (et)
• Faroese: Páll, Pál m
• Finnish: Paavali (fi), Paavo (fi), Pauli (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Por, Pol
• French: Paul (fr)
• Galician: Paulo (gl)
• Georgian: პავლე (ka) (ṗavle)
• German: Paul (de) m
• Greek: Παύλος (el) m (Pávlos)
• Greenlandic: Pavia, Paalu
• Hawaiian: Paulo
• Hebrew: פול‎ (he) (pol)
• Hindi: पॉल (pŏl)
• Hungarian: Pál (hu)
• Icelandic: Páll (is)
• Irish: Póil, Pól m
• Italian: Paolo (it)
• Korean: 폴 (Pol)

• Latin: Paulus
• Latvian: Pauls m
• Lithuanian: Paulius (lt)
• 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)
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Romanian: Pavel (ro) m
• Russian: Па́вел (ru) m (Pável) (cognate), Пол (ru) m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Павле m, Павао m

  Roman: Pavle (sh) m, Pavao m

• Skolt Sami: Paavvâl
• Slovak: Pavol m
• Slovene: Pavel (sl)
• Spanish: Pablo (es)
• 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

• Palu, Pula, ULPA, pula

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Paul

1. a male given name from Latin

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Cimbrian

Proper noun

Paul

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

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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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, equivalent to English Paul.

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Finnish

Etymology

From the Swedish, German or English Paul. Cognate with the older Finnish Paavo.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name.
   • 1946 Anni Swan, Pauli on koditon, WSOY (1960), page 21:

     —Sanohan ensin mikä nimesi on?

     —Pauli.

     —Pauli, toisti Anna hitaasti. Minulla oli ennen pieni, Paul niminen veli, lisäsi hän.

Usage notes

• More common in the vernacular form Pauli.

Declension

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
instructive		—	Paulein
abessive		Paulitta	Pauleitta
comitative		—	Pauleineen

Possessive forms of Paul (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Paulini	Paulimme
2nd person	Paulisi	Paulinne
3rd person	Paulinsa

Anagrams

• lupa, pula

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Paul m

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

Derived terms

• attacher Pierre avec Paul
• déshabiller Paul pour habiller Jean
• déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul
• Popaul

 

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: Pòl

Anagrams

• palu, Pula

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʊ̯l/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Paul m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauls)

1. A male given name, feminine equivalent Paula, Paulina, or Pauline, equivalent to English Paul

Related terms

• biblical form: Paulus

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Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Paul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol/
• Rhymes: -ol

Proper noun

Paul m or f

1. A male given name and surname in English

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Paul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpawl/
• Rhymes: -awl
• Hyphenation: Pàul

Proper noun

Paul m or f

1. A male given name and surname in German

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Paul.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paul m

1. A male given name in French

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Paul m (feminine Paula)

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Pål

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pawl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -awl
• Syllabification: Paul

Proper noun

Paul m pers or f

1. A masculine surname​.
2. A feminine surname​.

Declension

Masculine surname

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

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Derived terms

• Paulówna
• Paulowa

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Pål

Etymology

Clipping of Latin Paulus. Cognate with English Paul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːl/

Proper noun

Paul c (genitive Pauls)

1. A male given name

Related terms

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

References

• Paul in Nomina | Historiska museet.