Paul

See also: paul and pa'ul

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /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, Bible (King James Version), Acts 13:9:
     :

     Then Saul, (who also is 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​.
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: بَوْلُس‏‎ (bawlus)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Połos)
• 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

• Irish: Pól m, Naomh Pól m
• Italian: Paolo (it)
• Japanese: パウロ (pauro)
• Latvian: Pāvils m
• Lithuanian: Paulius (lt)
• Macedonian: Павле (Pávle)
• Maltese: Pawlu m
• Maore Comorian: Ɓaulusu (Baulusu)
• Maori: Pāora
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Paulus (no)
• Persian: پولس‏‎ (fa) (Pulos)
• Polish: Paweł (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Romanian: Pavel m
• Russian: Па́вел (ru) m (Pável)
• Spanish: Pablo (es)
• Swahili: Paulo
• Swedish: Paulus (sv)
• Tigrinya: ጳውሎስ (p̣awlos)
• Vietnamese: Phao-lô, Phaolô, Bảo Lộc
• Welsh: Phaul
• West Frisian: Paulus

male given name

• Arabic: بَوْل‏‎ m (bawl)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Połos)
• Basque: Paulo
• Belarusian: Павал m (Pával) (cognate), Пол m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Breton: Paol
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m, Pol 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)
• French: Paul (fr)
• Galician: Paulo (gl)
• Georgian: პავლე (ṗavle)
• German: Paul (de) m
• Greek: Παύλος (el) m (Pávlos)
• Greenlandic: Pavia, Paalu
• Hawaiian: Paulo
• Hebrew: פול‏‎ (he) (pol)
• Hindi: पॉल (pol)
• 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 (Pávle)
• Maltese: Pawl m, Pawlu m
• Maori: Pāora
• Marathi: पॉल m (pǒla)
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Pål (no), Paul (no)
• Persian: پاول‏‎ (Pâol)
• Polish: Paweł (pl)
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Romanian: Pavel m
• Russian: Па́вел (ru) m (Pável) (cognate), Пол (ru) m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Павле m, Павао m

  Roman: Pavle 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: Павло (uk) m (Pavló) (cognate), Пол m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Welsh: Phaul, Pawl m
• West Frisian: Pouw
• Yakut: Байбал (Baybal)

Anagrams

• Pula, ULPA, 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 with the 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/

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.

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

Usage notes

• More common in the vernacular form Pauli.

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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^(key): /paʊ̯l/

Proper noun

Paul m (genitive Pauls)

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