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Pavle (Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic: Павле) is a Serbian, Macedonian and Croatian male given name corresponding to English "Paul"; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul). One Croatian variant is Pavao, and in other Slavic languages it is usually Pavel.

People with this name include:

  • Pavle of Smederevo around 1526–1541, Metropolitan of Smederevo, then Archbishop of Peć and self-proclaimed Serbian Patriarch.
  • Pavle Nenadović, Serbian Orthodox Archbishop and Metropolitan of Karlovci, from 1749 to 1768
  • Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1914–2009), Serbian Orthodox Patriarch, served 1990–2009
  • Pavle Radenović (1391–1415), Bosnian nobleman
  • Pavle Đurišić a Montenegrin Serb professional officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander (vojvoda) leading a significant proportion of the Chetniks of Montenegro during World War II.
  • Pavle Jurina (1954–2011), Croatian handball player
  • Pavle Savić (1909–1994), Serbian physicist and chemist
  • Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (1859–1957), one of Serbia's greatest academic painters
  • Pavle Karađorđević (1893–1976), Prince regent of Yugoslavia (9 October 1934 – 27 March 1941)

See also