Paulus
Appearance
See also: paulus
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus m anim (female equivalent Paulusová)
- a male surname
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Paulus”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus
- Paul (biblical figure).
- a male given name, rare in this form
Related terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch Paulus, from Latin Paulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus m
- (biblical) Paul
- a male given name, now rare in this form.
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus
- Paul (biblical character).
- a male given name, rare in this form
Related terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɑu̯lus/, [ˈpɑ̝u̯lus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑulus
- Syllabification(key): Pau‧lus
- Hyphenation(key): Pau‧lus
Proper noun
[edit]Paulus
- a Finnish surname
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Paulus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Paulus | Paulukset | |
| genitive | Pauluksen | Paulusten Pauluksien | |
| partitive | Paulusta | Pauluksia | |
| illative | Paulukseen | Pauluksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Paulus | Paulukset | |
| accusative | nom. | Paulus | Paulukset |
| gen. | Pauluksen | ||
| genitive | Pauluksen | Paulusten Pauluksien | |
| partitive | Paulusta | Pauluksia | |
| inessive | Pauluksessa | Pauluksissa | |
| elative | Pauluksesta | Pauluksista | |
| illative | Paulukseen | Pauluksiin | |
| adessive | Pauluksella | Pauluksilla | |
| ablative | Paulukselta | Pauluksilta | |
| allative | Paulukselle | Pauluksille | |
| essive | Pauluksena | Pauluksina | |
| translative | Paulukseksi | Pauluksiksi | |
| abessive | Pauluksetta | Pauluksitta | |
| instructive | — | Pauluksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Paulus is the 374th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 876 male individuals (and as a middle name to 367 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Paulus belongs to 131 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauli or Paulus' or (with an article) Paulus)
- (biblical) Paul (apostle)
- a male given name of rare usage, variant of Paul
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Paullus (cognomen)
Etymology
[edit]From paulus (“small”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpau̯.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpaːu̯.lus]
Proper noun
[edit]Paulus m (genitive Paulī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Paulus | Paulī |
| genitive | Paulī | Paulōrum |
| dative | Paulō | Paulīs |
| accusative | Paulum | Paulōs |
| ablative | Paulō | Paulīs |
| vocative | Paule | Paulī |
Descendants
[edit]- Borrowings
- → Albanian: Palush, ⇒ Pal
- → Arabic: بولس (būlus)
- → Basque: Paulo
- → Breton: Paol
- → Cimbrian: Paul
- → Cornish: Pawl
- → Danish: Poul
- → Dutch: Paul
- → English: Paul
- → Maori: Paora
- →⇒ Estonian: Paavo
- → Finnish: Paulus, Pauli, ⇒ Paavo
- → German: Paul
- → Hungarian: Pál
- → Old Irish: Pól
- → Koine Greek: Παυλος (Paulos) (see there for further descendants)
- → Lithuanian: Paulius
- → Latvian: Pāvuls, Pauls, Pāvels
- → Maltese: Pawlu
- → Northern Sami: Bávlos
- → Old Norse: Páll
- → Slovak: Pavol
- → Swedish: Paul
- → Welsh: Paul
- → West Frisian: Pouw
References
[edit]- “Paulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Paulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus
- Paul (biblical character).
- a male given name, rare in this form
Related terms
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paulus m
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Paulus | — |
| accusative | Paulus, Paulum | — |
| genitive | Paules | — |
| dative | Paule | — |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Paulus c (genitive Paulus)
- Paul (biblical character).
- a male given name, rare in this form
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech surnames
- Czech male surnames
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech hard masculine animate nouns
- Danish terms borrowed from Latin
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- da:Biblical characters
- da:Individuals
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Biblical characters
- Dutch given names
- Dutch male given names
- nl:Individuals
- Estonian terms borrowed from Latin
- Estonian terms derived from Latin
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- et:Biblical characters
- et:Individuals
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑulus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑulus/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Bible
- German given names
- German male given names
- de:Biblical characters
- de:Individuals
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin cognomina
- la:Biblical characters
- la:Individuals
- Norwegian terms borrowed from Latin
- Norwegian terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- no:Biblical characters
- no:Individuals
- Old English terms borrowed from Latin
- Old English terms derived from Latin
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English proper nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- ang:Biblical characters
- ang:Individuals
- Swedish terms borrowed from Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- sv:Biblical characters
- sv:Individuals