Pavol
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Pavol is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country, where it is the 20th most common given name.
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 345(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 2.9K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 181K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Slovakia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 170 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 345 (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Slovakia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pavol counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Slovakia | #20 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 345 | #20 | Pavol | 170 |
| CZ Czechia | #364 | 3,672 | 1 in 2.9K | 3.7K | Pavol | 81 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 181K | listed | Pavol | 82 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 233K | — | Pavol | 66 |
| US United States | — | 166 | 1 in 2M | 163 | Pavol | 128 |
| SI Slovenia | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 5 | — | 8 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Pavol | 5 |
| IS Iceland | — | 9 | 1 in 39K | 9 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the sk-minv-names register; MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul von Leutschaub. 1465HUnot in their usual namemedieval carver and sculptor of the 15th and 16th century
- Pavel Jozef Šafárikb. 1795SKnot in their usual nameSlovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)
- Pavol Országh Hviezdoslavb. 1849SKSlovak poet, dramatist, and translator (1849–1921)
- Pavol Molnárb. 1936SKSlovak footballer (1936–2021)
- Pavol Paškab. 1958SKSlovak head of Slovak National Council (1958–2018)
- Pavol Haberab. 1962SKSlovak musician and actor
- Pavol Demitrab. 1974SKSlovak ice hockey center and Olympian (1974–2011)
- Pavol Hurajtb. 1978SKSlovak biathlete
- Pavol Hochschornerb. 1979SKSlovak canoeist
- Pavol Lisyb. 1995SKSlovak Go player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 3.7K | #301 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 1.8K | #334 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 1.8K | #333 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 163 | #42,918 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 9 | — |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2008 | 8 | #2,244 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2015 | 6 | #2,868 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2014 | 6 | #2,822 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2017 | 5 | #3,226 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2016 | 5 | #3,176 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3 | #42,918 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Pavol?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 3,672 people named Pavol, about 1 in 2.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Pavol compared with other names?
- In Slovakia, Pavol is the 20th most common given name of 9,943 given names recorded there.
- Is Pavol a male or female name?
- Pavol is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Pavol?
- In the etymology graph, Paul, Pablo and Paolo are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Pavol have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Pavol in Slovakia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pavol.
What do you want to know about Pavol?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pavolThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pavol” — the 20th most common given name in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.