Paul

See also: paul and pa'ul

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːl/
• IPA^(key): /pɔl/
• IPA^(key): /pɑl/

• Audio (US)

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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.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     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 transferred from the given name
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: بُولَس (būlas)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos)
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

  Hakka: 保羅／保罗, 保罗 (Pó-lò)

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

  Min Nan: 保羅／保罗, 保罗 (Pó-lô), 保祿／保禄, 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
• Irish: Pól m, Naomh Pól m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Paolo (it)
• Japanese: パウロ (Pauro)
• Kazakh: Пауыл (Pauyl)
• 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)
• 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)
• Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos)
• Basque: Paulo
• Belarusian: Па́вал m (Pával) (cognate), Пол m (Pol) (transliteration)
• Breton: Paol
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m, Pol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保羅／保罗 (zh) (Bǎoluó), 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 (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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• 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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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/, [ˈpɑ̝u̯l]

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
abessive		Paulitta	Pauleitta
instructive		—	Paulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Paul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Paulini Paulini accusative nom. Paulini Paulini gen. Paulini genitive Paulini Paulieni partitive Pauliani Paulejani inessive Paulissani Pauleissani elative Paulistani Pauleistani illative Pauliini Pauleihini adessive Paulillani Pauleillani ablative Pauliltani Pauleiltani allative Paulilleni Pauleilleni essive Paulinani Pauleinani translative Paulikseni Pauleikseni abessive Paulittani Pauleittani instructive — — comitative — Pauleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Paulisi Paulisi accusative nom. Paulisi Paulisi gen. Paulisi genitive Paulisi Pauliesi partitive Pauliasi Paulejasi inessive Paulissasi Pauleissasi elative Paulistasi Pauleistasi illative Pauliisi Pauleihisi adessive Paulillasi Pauleillasi ablative Pauliltasi Pauleiltasi allative Paulillesi Pauleillesi essive Paulinasi Pauleinasi translative Pauliksesi Pauleiksesi abessive Paulittasi Pauleittasi instructive — — comitative — Pauleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Paulimme Paulimme accusative nom. Paulimme Paulimme gen. Paulimme genitive Paulimme Pauliemme partitive Pauliamme Paulejamme inessive Paulissamme Pauleissamme elative Paulistamme Pauleistamme illative Pauliimme Pauleihimme adessive Paulillamme Pauleillamme ablative Pauliltamme Pauleiltamme allative Paulillemme Pauleillemme essive Paulinamme Pauleinamme translative Pauliksemme Pauleiksemme abessive Paulittamme Pauleittamme instructive — — comitative — Pauleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Paulinne Paulinne accusative nom. Paulinne Paulinne gen. Paulinne genitive Paulinne Paulienne partitive Paulianne Paulejanne inessive Paulissanne Pauleissanne elative Paulistanne Pauleistanne illative Pauliinne Pauleihinne adessive Paulillanne Pauleillanne ablative Pauliltanne Pauleiltanne allative Paulillenne Pauleillenne essive Paulinanne Pauleinanne translative Pauliksenne Pauleiksenne abessive Paulittanne Pauleittanne instructive — — comitative — Pauleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Paulinsa Paulinsa accusative nom. Paulinsa Paulinsa gen. Paulinsa genitive Paulinsa Pauliensa partitive Pauliaan Pauliansa Paulejaan Paulejansa inessive Paulissaan Paulissansa Pauleissaan Pauleissansa elative Paulistaan Paulistansa Pauleistaan Pauleistansa illative Pauliinsa Pauleihinsa adessive Paulillaan Paulillansa Pauleillaan Pauleillansa ablative Pauliltaan Pauliltansa Pauleiltaan Pauleiltansa allative Paulilleen Paulillensa Pauleilleen Pauleillensa essive Paulinaan Paulinansa Pauleinaan Pauleinansa translative Paulikseen Pauliksensa Pauleikseen Pauleiksensa abessive Paulittaan Paulittansa Pauleittaan Pauleittansa instructive — — comitative — Pauleineen Pauleinensa

Anagrams

• lupa, pula

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl/

• Audio

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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/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Paul m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauls)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul.

Related terms

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

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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

• Template:pl-IPA-auto

• Audio

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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 f
• Paulowa f

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.