Paul
/pɔːl/ · name
Meaning
- In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
- A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A place name:
- An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
- A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
- 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.
- A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
- Archaic form of pawl (“mechanical device”).
- A small tent of various kinds.
Etymology / origin
From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.
- Paulus(Latin)→
- Paul (English)
- Relations: uder
Related words
Descendant words
- Paul(Cebuano) (bor)
- Paul(Finnish) (der)
- પાઉલ(Gujarati) (bor)
- Paul(Italian) (bor)
- Pāvels(Latvian) (cog)
- Pål(Norwegian) (cog)
- پاول(Persian) (der)
- Paul(Swedish) (cog)
- Pål(Swedish) (cog)
- Paul(Tagalog) (bor)
- پال(Urdu) (bor)
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