Around the globe, Пауло (Paulo 
, Paolo 
, Paulu 
) is a prevalent male forename. The forename Пауло is habitual in Italy, where it is a widespread masculine name, Brazil, and Portugal (explore the name in all countries). Very seldom, Пауло is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Paulo | Portugal, Italy, Angola, Tanzania, Brazil |
| Paolo | Portugal, Italy, Angola, Philippines, Brazil |
| Paulu | Portugal, Philippines, United States, France, Brazil |
| Пауло | Russia, Ukraine |
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Пауло is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Paulo , the protagonist of the Game Boy Color port of the 1999 video game Grand Theft Auto 2; Paulo , the character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost; Paulo Machado Gomes Aguiar , character in Agosto (livro); Paolo il Bello , the operatic character in the opera Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai) and Paolo Libero , character in Distretto di Polizia, and in many other works.