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'''[[Paul (name)|Paul]]''' |
'''[[Paul (name)|Paul]]''' is a common masculine given name. It comes from the Roman family name '''Paulus''' meaning "small" or "humble" in Latin.<ref>[http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-paul.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Paul]</ref><ref>[http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-paulus.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Paulus]</ref> The name is used in English, French, German, Dutch, and other languages. It may refer specifically to the following: |
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Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | Small; humble |
Paul is a common masculine given name. It comes from the Roman family name Paulus meaning "small" or "humble" in Latin.[1][2] The name is used in English, French, German, Dutch, and other languages. It may refer specifically to the following:
Roman and Byzantine empire
- Paul (jurist) or Julius Paulus (Second Century AD), a Roman jurist
- Paulus Catena (-362), a Roman notary
- Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC), a Roman general
- Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), a Hellenistic astrologer
- Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625?–690?), a Greek surgeon
Christianity
Saints
- Paul the Apostle from Tarsus, or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and author of numerous letters of the New Testament of the Christian Bible (AD 3-10 — 62-68)
- See Saint Paul (disambiguation), for other saints named "Paul", and places named after them
Popes
- Pope Paul (disambiguation), the chosen name of several Popes of the Roman Catholic Church upon election to the papacy
- Pope Paul I (Pope from 757–767)
- Pope Paul II (Pope from 1464–1471)
- Pope Paul III (Pope from 1534-1549)
- Pope Paul IV (Pope from 1555-1559)
- Pope Paul V (Pope from 1605-1621)
- Pope Paul VI (Pope from 1963-1978)
Royals
Other
- Paulus Jovius (1483-1552), an Italian bishop
- Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (ca. 720–800), an Italian Benedictine monk
Notable Pauls
- See article Paul (name), about the name Paul
Places
- Paul, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Paul, Idaho, United States
- Paul (municipality) in Cape Verde
Other uses
- Paul (Pokémon), a fictional character
- Paul (bakery), a bakery franchise based in France
- Paul (song), by the German punk band Die Ärzte
- St. Paul (oratorio), a work by Felix Mendelssohn originally entitled 'Paulus' (in its German version)
- Paul is dead, conspiracy theory
- Paul (play), play by Howard Brenton on the life of the apostle Paul
See Also
In other languages
- Albanian: Pali
- Arabic: بول (Baul)
- Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos)
- Bosnian: Pavle
- Bulgarian: Павел (Pavel)
- Breton: Paol
- Catalan: Pau
- Chinese: 保羅, 保罗 (Bǎoluó)
- Cornish: Pawl
- Croatian: Pavle, Pavao
- Czech: Pavel
- Danish: Poul, Povel
- Dutch: Paul, Paulus, Pol
- Estonian: Paavel, Paavo, Paul
- Faroese: Páll
- Finnish: Paavali, Paavo
- French: Paul
- Georgian: პავლე (Pavle)
- German: Paul
- Greek: Παύλος (Pávlos)
- Hebrew: פאול (Shaul)
- Hungarian: Pál
- Icelandic: Páll
- Italian: Paolo
- Irish: Pól
- Japanese: ポール (Pōru)
- Korean: 폴 (Pol)
- Latin: Paulus
- Latvian: Pauls, Pavils
- Lithuanian: Paulius, Povilas
- Maltese: Pawl, Pawlu
- Manx: Payl
- Norwegian: Pål, Paul
- Polish: Paweł
- Portuguese: Paulo
- Romanian: Paul, Pavel
- Russian: Па́вел (Pável)
- Scottish Gaelic: Pàl
- Serbian: Павле (Pavle)
- Slovak: Pavol
- Spanish: Pablo
- Swedish: Poul, Pål, Påvel
- Ukrainian: Павло (Pavlo)
- Vietnamese: Phao-lô
- Welsh: Pawl
- Tamil: பவுல்