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

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