Forename Paul

In the world, Paul (Paul , Павел , Paulus , along with others...) is a prevalent masculine first name. The given name Paul is characteristic of Russia, where it is a common male name, France, and Ireland (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Russia, and France. Likewise, Paul is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Paul is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Paul

name Pauĺ, name Pawlo, name Pavlos, name Pall, name باول, name ポール, name Jean-Paul, name Пол, name Paulí, name Pawieł, name Pavle, name Paûl, name Paulette, name Pavao, name Pablo, name Paulo, name Pol, name Popaul, name Pawoł, name Boghos, name Pauley, name Pavlo, name Pawło, name Paulley, name پل, name Pohl, name Pauli, name Пауль, name Pavol, name Paolo, name Poll, name Paweł, name Paul, name Paol, name بولس, name 保罗, name بول, name Povl, name Paalu, name Pau, name Paulino, name Paulos, name Паул, name Павле, name Pawle, name Pawel, name Pal, name Poul, name Paùl, name פול, name Paúl, name Pavel, name Pawlett, name Paull, name Paulus, name Павел, name Poghos, name Povilas, name Paavo, name Paŭlo, name Phaolô, name Paulfrid, name 保羅, name Pauls, name Paulet

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Paulus, Paul	United Kingdom, France, United States, India, Nigeria
Павел	United Kingdom, France, United States, Germany, Russia
بولس	Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt
保罗, 保羅	China
بول	Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Lebanon, Algeria
Павле	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia
ポール	Japan
Паул	Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Пол	Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia
Пауль	Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
פול	Israel
پل, باول	Iran

First names said to be same

Boghos, Jean-Paul, Paalu, Paavo, Pablo, Pal, Pall, Paol, Paolo, Pau, Paulet, Paulette, Pauley, Paulfrid, Pauli, Paulino, Paull, Paulley, Paulo, Paulos, Pauls, Paulí, Pauĺ, Pavao, Pavel, Pavle, Pavlo, Pavlos, Pavol, Pawel, Paweł, Pawieł, Pawle, Pawlett, Pawlo, Pawoł, Pawło, Paùl, Paúl, Paûl, Paŭlo, Phaolô, Poghos, Pohl, Pol, Poll, Popaul, Poul, Povilas, Povl,

First name Paul in the context

Paul is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Paul the Apostle , the Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65); Paul Atreides , the fictional character from Dune; Paul Bunyan , the fictional character; Paul Stamets , the fictional character from Star Trek multiverse, Star Trek: Discovery and Georg Paul Thomann , and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	paul the simple Egyptian saint, EG (b. 225)
	paul de narbonne Gallo-Roman saint, IT (b. 300)
	paul callinicus (b. 450)
	paul the silentiary Greek poet (b. 520)
	paul the persian Persian philosopher (b. 550)
	paul of edessa (b. 550)
	paul of tella (b. 550)
	paulus bishop of Verdun (b. 576)
	paul of caen GB (b. 1050)
	paul haakonsson (1100-1138), GB (b. 1100)
	paul von antiochien (b. 1150)
	paul nagymartoni (b. 1250)
	paul ii šubić of bribir Croatian Ban (b. 1295)
	paul horvat politician (b. 1301)
	paul von banz DE (b. 1300)