Paoli

loc · Latin script

Meaning: do nome lat. Paulus; forma patronímica

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈpaʊɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Paoli is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Panama.

rarermore common
  • PAPanama

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Panama (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

do nome lat. Paulus; forma patronímica

Sources 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Paoli counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Paoli is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PA Panama——Paoli7
BR Brazil—1.4K—88
US United States—1.3K—98
AR Argentina—957—62
FR France—391—2

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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Paoli is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, China

    Languages: Chinese, French

    Also written Pao-Li

  • English name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia

    Also written Paolì

  • Italian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Paolì, Paoli', Paolí, Paöli

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Páoli

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Paolì

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Паоли

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Paolì

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Paoli is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, I. Pasquale, Corsican patriot

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, town. IN. PA

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Pasquale Paoli, b. 1725Cesare Paoli, b. 1840Olivia Paoli, b. 1855Raoul Paoli, b. 1887Enrico Paoli, b. 1908Gino Paoli, b. 1934Patrice Paoli, b. 1956Cécile Paoli, b. 1961Andrea Paoli, b. 1992

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Paoli
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.4K#6,762
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.3K#20,933
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.2K#21,184
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#21,791
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—957—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961583—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921495—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951489—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941476—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971456—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981424—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911423—

Reference works 4

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

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

What does the name Paoli mean, and where does it come from?
do nome lat. Paulus; forma patronímica Recorded by Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos.
How do you pronounce Paoli?
A machine transcription gives /ˈpaʊɫi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Paoli have the most bearers?
Paoli is most frequently recorded in Panama, where it is most often spelled paoli.

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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, “Paoli”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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