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

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