Paul

Paul

Gender	Male
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. 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

See Also

• Paula

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