Povl
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, variant of Poul (= Paul)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/powˀl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Povl is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Denmark.
- Denmark (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
no count published
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, variant of Poul (= Paul)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Povl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | — | 688 | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 10 | — |
| FI Finland | — | 10 | — |
| FO Faroe Islands | — | 1 | — |
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: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024). 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)
- Povl Stegmannb. 1888DKDanish architect (1888-1944)
- Povl Wøldikeb. 1899DKactor
- Povl Hamburgerb. 1901DKDanish musician (1901–1972)
- Povl Møller Tåsingeb. 1915Danish actor (1915-1989)
- Vilhelm Wohlertb. 1920DKnot in their usual nameDanish architect (1920–2007)
- Povl Riisb. 1925DKDanish gastroenterologist (1925-2017)
- Povl Kjøllerb. 1937DKDanish musician (1937–1999)
- Povl Dissingb. 1938DKDanish singer (1938–2022)
- Povl Riis-Knudsenb. 1949DKDanish neo-Nazi
- Povl Kristian Mortensenb. 1964Danish keyboard player, composer and producer
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 688 | #420 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 14 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 10 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #45,507 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #45,958 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- What does the name Povl mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, variant of Poul (= Paul) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Povl?
- A machine transcription gives /powˀl/ (IPA) for Danish.
- Is Povl a male or female name?
- Povl 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 Povl?
- In the etymology graph, Poul is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Povl have the most bearers?
- Povl is most frequently recorded in Denmark.
What do you want to know about Povl?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/povlThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Povl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.