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Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	Small; humble

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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

Paul I Tsar of Russia
Paul I King of Greece

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

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

References

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paul.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

[1] MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Paul

[2] MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Paulus

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 '''[[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:
-==The Best Paul==
-Is <b> PAUL YANG
 ==Roman and Byzantine empire==