Name
PAUL

Name PAUL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 2,106,231 births of Paul in the countries below, which represents an average of 14,833 births of children bearing the first name Paul per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6,257 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Paul   
In Italiano Nome Paul   
Available variant : Paúl


Information about the first name Paul

We celebrate Paul on June 29th
The first name Paul is listed in our categories :The first name Paul has been assigned to:
99.88% to boys
0.12% to girls
The country where the first name Paul is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Paul

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Paul : Lupa, Pual, Upal

Paul in Japanese *

Romajipooru
Katakanaポール
Hiraganaぽーる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Paul in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Paul

US English
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • paul (plural pauls)
  • An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • paul (plural pauls)
  • Archaic form of pawl.
Anagrams src :
  • Palu, Pula, ULPA, pula
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /pɑl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl
  • Homophones: pall, pawl
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Pauline
  • Pauls Valley
  • rob Peter to pay Paul
  • Saint Paul, St. Paul
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Paulina, Pauline
FR French
Anagrams src :
  • palu, Pula
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /pɔl/
Proper noun src :
  • Paul m
  • Paul (biblical figure)
  • a male given name
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • Haitian Creole: Pòl
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Jean-Paul
  • female given names: Paule, Paulette, Pauline, Marie-Paule
General
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.
Polish
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /pawl/
  • Rhymes: -awl
  • Syllabification: Paul
Proper noun src :
  • Paul f (indeclinable)
  • a female surname
Malay
Etymology src :
  • From Sundanese.
Adjective src :
  • paul (Jawi spelling ڤاءول‎)
  • blue (blue-colored)
Noun src :
  • paul (Jawi spelling ڤاءول‎, plural paul-paul, informal 1st possessive paulku, 2nd possessive paulmu, 3rd possessive paulnya)
  • blue (colour)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [paol]
  • Rhymes: -aol, -ol
Adjective (Synonyms) src :
  • belau / بلاو‎
  • biru / بيرو‎
  • nila / نيلا‎
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • From Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem via metathesis. Compare Spanish paúl.
Noun src :
  • paul m (plural pauis)
  • (geography) swamp
  • Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ul
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
Alternative forms src :
  • Pål
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːl/
Proper noun src :
  • Paul c (genitive Pauls)
  • a male given name
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • (biblical): Paulus
  • (female given names): Paula, Paulina
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English Paul.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from German Paul.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from French Paul.
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpol/
  • Rhymes: -ol
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Paul m or f by sense
  • A male given name and surname in English
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpawl/
  • Rhymes: -awl
  • Hyphenation: Pàul
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Paul m or f by sense
  • A male given name and surname in German
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpol/, (careful style) /ˈpɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ol, (careful style) -ɔl
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Paul m
  • A male given name in French
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • From the Swedish, German or English Paul. Cognate with the older Finnish Paavo.
Anagrams src :
  • lupa, pula
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑu̯l/, [ˈpɑ̝u̯l]
  • Rhymes: -ɑul
  • Syllabification(key): Paul
Proper noun src :
  • Paul
  • a male given name
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • Paul is the 261st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,815 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,550 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Proper noun (Usage notes) src :
  • More common in the vernacular form Pauli.
DK Danish
Proper noun src :
  • Paul
  • a male given name, a variant of the much more popular Poul
DE German
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /paʊ̯l/
Proper noun src :
  • Paul m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauls)
  • a male given name, feminine equivalent Paula, Paulina, or Pauline, equivalent to English Paul
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
 

Popularity of the name Paul

Number of PAUL births per year

Popularity of the name Paul
Popularity of the name Paul

Total births of Paul by country

Births with the first name Paul
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
1,393,913
2,125
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
425,968
180
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
67,185
3
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
62,643
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
34,409
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
29,155
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
19,239
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
17,939
1
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
15,338
233
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
9,111
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
8,307
0
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
5,247
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
4,255
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
2,403
12
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
2,366
1
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
1,968
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
1,319
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
841
1
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
627
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
405
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
347
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
336
2
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
152
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
140
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
52
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
5
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
3
0
Popularity of the name Paul

Total births of Paul by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Paul
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
2022
2,200
0
DEGermany
2022
1,417
0
USUnited State of America
2022
1,297
0
ATAustria
2021
810
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
111
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
81
0
QCQuebec
2022
79
0
BEBelgium
2022
56
0
ONOntario
2019
41
0
ITItaly
2021
37
0
CLChili
2021
30
0
IEIreland
2022
25
0
ARArgentina
2015
15
0
SESweden
2022
11
0
ABAlberta
2022
10
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
10
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
9
0
NONorway
2022
7
0
PLPoland
2022
6
0
DKDenmark
2022
4
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
1
0

Comments on the name Paul

Personalities with the first name Paul

There are 2900 personalities with the first name Paul

Steve Jobs (Abdul Lateef Jandali) src

United states of america
Financier Film producer Designer Computer scientist Entrepreneur Inventor Executive producer

Paul De Tarse (שאול התרסי) src

Ancient rome
Writer Rabbi Missionary Theologian Artisan Religious servant Traveler

Thomas Mann (Paul Thomas Mann) src

Nazi germany Czechoslovakia Weimar republic German empire
Screenwriter Writer Essayist Short story writer University teacher Novelist Social critic Autobiographer Diarist

Pierre Paul Rubens src

Spanish netherlands
Diplomat Painter Sculptor Graphic artist Printmaker Architectural draftsperson

Paul Mccartney (James Paul Mccartney) src

United kingdom
Screenwriter Actor Composer Singer Drummer Pianist Singer-songwriter Bass guitarist Recording artist Musician Lyricist Guitarist Painter Film score composer Film producer

André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide) src

France
Screenwriter Writer Playwright Translator Journalist Film producer Travel writer Novelist Essayist Diarist Prosaist Autobiographer

Paul Cézanne src

France
Painter Printmaker Drawer Lithographer

Paul Gauguin (Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin) src

France
Illustrator Painter Sculptor Graphic artist Visual artist Ceramicist Printmaker Drawer

Paul Dirac (Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac) src

United kingdom
Professor Physicist Mathematician Educator Academic Theoretical physicist Scientist Teacher Engineer

Paul Verlaine src

France
Writer Poet Translator Librettist Essayist


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Paul
Full list of personalities with the first name Paul

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Paul

There are 13570 actors and actresses with the first name Paul
Paul Michael Starnes
Paul Hamm
Paul Samaan
Paul Hahn
Paul Lennard Sundheim
Paul Niklas Perlitz
Paul Busche
Paul Wargenau
Paul Maximilian Schüller
Paul Alhäuser
Paul Tripon
Paul Tietjen
Paul Donald Reutter
Paul Zerbst
Paul Corea
Paul J Bakey
Paul Falk
Paul Von Kunhardt
Paul Doyle
Paul Von Aretin
Paul Butcher
Paul Bartel
Paul Gäbler
Paul Raschid
Paul Schulze
Paul Williams
Paul Cluzet
Paul Zecharia
Paul Behren
Paul Farber

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Paul
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Paul

Rankings of first name PAUL by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1AT Austria2021
#19DE Germany2022
#21FR France2022
#70CH Switzerland2021
#88QC Quebec2022
#200BE Belgium2022
#211IE Ireland2022
#262US United State of America2022
#276CL Chili2021
#285ON Ontario2019
#314IT Italy2021
#340AR Argentina2015
#386NO Norway2022
#407AB Alberta2022
#410BC British Columbia2022
#466NZ New Zealand2022
#488PL Poland2022
#491GB United Kingdom2021
#543SE Sweden2022
#637DK Denmark2022
#2414CZ Czechoslovakia2016
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name PAUL (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Paul
PAUPAUAHTUNPAUANPAUBLINOPAUBLOPAUDIPAUDIEPÁUDIEPAUELPAUKO PAUL PAÚLPAULAPAULANDREIPAULANTHONYPAULASIEPAULASSIEPAULAUSPAULAYMONDPAULCHENPAULCHRISTIAN

Other girls' names around Paul
PATYPATYLPATZYPAUPAUAPĀUAPAUBLAPAUBLINAPAUINEPAUKAR PAUL PAULAPAULADINAPAULAINAPAULAMIPAULANDREEPAULANEPAULASIEPAULAYNAPAULBINAPAULDINE

Names that are phonetically close to Paul
PAUEL PAULA
PAULE PAULI
PAULÍ PAULL
PAULO PAULU
PAULY
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