Paul

See also: paul

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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​.
4. A city in Idaho.

Derived terms

• rob Peter to pay Paul
• Saint Paul
• Pauline

Related terms

• 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 (Połos)
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m
• Czech: Pavel (cs) m
• Danish: Paulus
• Dutch: Paulus
• 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
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Paulus (no)
• Persian: پولس (fa) (Pulos)
• Polish: Paweł (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Russian: Павел (ru) m (Pável)
• Spanish: Pablo (es)
• Swahili: Paulo
• Swedish: Paulus (sv)
• Vietnamese: Phao-lô, Phaolô
• Welsh: Phaul
• West Frisian: Paulus

male given name

• Arabic: بول m (Baul)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Połos)
• Belarusian: Павел m (Pável), Пол m (Pol)
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m, Pol m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保羅 (zh), 保罗 (Bǎoluó)

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

• Latin: Paulus
• Latvian: Pauls m
• Lithuanian: Paulius (lt)
• Macedonian: Павле m (Pávle)
• Maltese: Pawl m, Pawlu m
• Marathi: पॉल m (pǒla)
• Northern Sami: Bávlos
• Norwegian: Pål (no), Paul (no)
• Persian: پاول (Pâol)
• Polish: Paweł (pl)
• Portuguese: Paulo (pt)
• Russian: Павел (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 m (Pavló) (cognate), Пол m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Welsh: Phaul, Pawl 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 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): [pɑul]

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

Declension of Paul (Kotus type 5/risti)

		singular	plural
nominative		Paul	Paulit
accusative	zero?	Paul	Paulit
	normal	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