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Paul en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /pɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
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  • /pɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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  • /pɔl/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. In the New Testament, Saul, the Apostle to the Gentiles and the author of fourteen epistles.
    • Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:9:
  2. A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
    • Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture. 2006 October 18, David M. Halbfinger, “Hollywood Film Chain’s Latest Link”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025:
    • Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read. 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business:
    • '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.' 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Dombey and Son: Chapter 1”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    • In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter. 2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, in Reason:
  4. A place name: ▸ An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
  5. A place name: ▸ A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
  6. A place name: ▸ An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
  7. A place name: ▸ A village south of Newlyn in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627). The civil parish of Paul (abolished 2021) did not include the village in latter years, and is now included in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.
  8. A place name: ▸ A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

Deriveds

Paulist · Saint Paul Charlestown · Paul Bert effect · Paulian · Paul Smiths · St. Paul · Paulstretch · paulscherrerite · Pauls Valley · Pauline · Paulite · Paul Blart · Paulie · St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul · rob Peter to pay Paul · Saint Paul · County of St. Paul · Paulism · Paultard · St Paul's Walden · Paul Veronese green

Relateds

Pollins · Poole · Pauline (feminine forms) · Pawlett · Quaile · Quail · Pawle · Quayle · Poll · Pawley · Paulin · Pawlyn · Polson · Powell · Powles · Paw · Paulley · Pauly · Pawson · Poles · Pollard · Mackfall · MacPhail · surnames: · Powling · Paula (feminine forms) · Powley · Pool · Paulson · Poulson · Paull · Paulette (feminine forms) · Poulsom · McFall · McFaul · Pauley · Pauling · Fyall · Pawling · McPhail · Paule · Paulet · Paulina (feminine forms) · Pole

Translations (163)

he פאולוס (the Apostle) · el Πολ (male given name) · uk Пол (male given name) · acw بول (male given name) · mr पॉल (the Apostle) · mk Павле (the Apostle) · pt Paulo (the Apostle) · se Bávlos (male given name) · mt Pawlu (male given name) · fi Pauli (male given name) · nl Paul (male given name) · haw Paulo (male given name) · no Paul (male given name) · kk Пауыл (the Apostle) · chr ᏉᎳ (the Apostle) · frp Por (male given name) · cmn 保羅 /保罗 (male given name) · no Pål (male given name) · mi Pāora (male given name) · eu Paulo (male given name) · mns-nor Па̄ял (male given name) · am ጳውሎስ (the Apostle) · fy Pouw (male given name) · cmn 保羅 /保罗 (the Apostle) · et Paulus (the Apostle) · lv Pāvils (the Apostle) · ga Póil (male given name) · pl Paweł (male given name) · be Пол (male given name) · ang Paulus (the Apostle) · ro Pavel (the Apostle) · ko 바오로 (the Apostle) · sl Pavel (the Apostle) · mk Павле (male given name) · hak 保羅 /保罗 (the Apostle) · swb Ɓaulusu (the Apostle) · nan-hbl 保羅 /保罗 (the Apostle) · vi Phao-lô (the Apostle) · et Paavo (male given name) · bg Па́вел (the Apostle) · sh Pavle (male given name) · hi पॉल (male given name) · et Paavel (male given name) · da Paulus (the Apostle) · fo Paulus (the Apostle) · vi Phaolô (the Apostle) · sw Paulo (male given name) · nan-hbl 保祿 /保禄 (the Apostle) · fa پولس (the Apostle) · gd Pòl (male given name) · am ጳውሎስ (male given name) · kl Pavia (male given name) · be Па́вал (male given name) · sv Pål (male given name) · kl Paalu (male given name) · no Paulus (the Apostle) · mt Pawlu (the Apostle) · ca Pol (male given name) · sq Palush (the Apostle) · hy Պողոս (the Apostle) · uk Павло́ (the Apostle) · ur پولس (the Apostle) · sv Paul (male given name) · fi Paavo (male given name) · kw Pawl (male given name) · mr पॉल (male given name) · cop ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ (the Apostle) · ur پال (male given name) · pt Paulo (male given name) · la Paulus (male given name) · cy Paul (the Apostle) · ru Па́вел (male given name) · ka პავლე (male given name) · lv Pauls (male given name) · ar بُولُس (the Apostle) · cmn 保祿 /保禄 (the Apostle) · fi Paavali (male given name) · ru Па́вел (the Apostle) · hy Պողոս (male given name) · fo Pál (male given name) · sw Paulo (the Apostle) · el dated Πωλ (Pol) (male given name) · ur پولوس (the Apostle) · fi Paavali (the Apostle) · sh Павле (male given name) · mt Pawl (male given name) · cy Pawl (male given name) · ga Pól (male given name) · eo Paŭlo (the Apostle) · no Pål (the Apostle) · frp Pol (male given name) · fr Paul (the Apostle) · ga Pól (the Apostle) · da Poul (male given name) · el Παύλος (the Apostle) · la Paulus (the Apostle) · cs Pavel (male given name) · aii ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ (the Apostle) · it Paolo (male given name) · ja パウロ (the Apostle) · ko 폴 (male given name) · bg Пол (male given name) · eo Paŭlo (male given name) · it Paolo (the Apostle) · he פול (male given name) · si පාවුල් (the Apostle) · vec Poło (male given name) · aii ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ (male given name) · ms Paulus (the Apostle) · fro Pol (the Apostle) · uk Павло́ (male given name) · acw پول (male given name) · fo Páll (male given name) · vi Bảo Lộc (the Apostle) · gl Paulo (male given name) · nl Paulus (the Apostle) · br Paol (male given name) · is Páll (male given name) · hu Pál (male given name) · ti ጳውሎስ (the Apostle) · de Paul (male given name) · haw Paulo (the Apostle) · es Pablo (the Apostle) · ca Pau (male given name) · sms Paavvâl (male given name) · hi पौलुस (the Apostle) · got 𐍀𐌰𐍅𐌻𐌿𐍃 (the Apostle) · cs Pavel (the Apostle) · lt Paulius (the Apostle) · sh Павао (male given name) · de Paulus (the Apostle) · ht Pòl (the Apostle) · se Bávlos (the Apostle) · mi Pāora (the Apostle) · grc Παῦλος (the Apostle) · sv Paulus (the Apostle) · yue 保祿 /保禄 (the Apostle) · fy Paulus (the Apostle) · es Pablo (male given name) · sah Байбал (male given name) · sk Pavol (male given name) · sl Pavel (male given name) · ca Pau (the Apostle) · sq Pal (male given name) · fr Paul (male given name) · lt Paulius (male given name) · hu Pál (the Apostle) · ro Pavel (male given name) · nl Pol (male given name) · ga Naomh Pól (the Apostle) · sh Pavao (male given name) · te పాల్ (male given name) · el Παύλος (male given name) · sd پولس (the Apostle) · cy Paul (male given name) · ar بَوْل (male given name) · fa پاول (male given name) · pl Paweł (the Apostle) · yue 保羅 /保罗 (the Apostle) · ru Пол (male given name) · cy Pawl (the Apostle) · bg Па́вел (male given name) · sq Palush (male given name)