Paul

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /pɑl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

Paul

1. In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 13:9:

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     Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

2. A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
   • 1848 Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son: Chapter 1:

     'He will be christened Paul, my - Mrs Dombey - of course.'

     She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.

     'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.'

3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
5. A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
7. A village south of Newlyn, Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627).
8. A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

• Pauline
• Pauls Valley
• rob Peter to pay Paul
• Saint Paul, St. Paul

• feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Paulina, Pauline

• Palu, Pula, ULPA, pula

From English Paul, from Latin Paulus, paulus (“small”).

Paul

1. a male given name from Latin

Paul

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Paul

1. a male given name, a variant of the much more popular Poul

Paul

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

From the Swedish, German or English Paul. Cognate with the older Finnish Paavo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑu̯l/, [ˈpɑu̯l]
• Rhymes: -ɑul
• Syllabification^(key): Paul

Paul

1. a male given name
   • 1946 Anni Swan, Pauli on koditon, WSOY (1960), page 21:

     —Sanohan ensin mikä nimesi on?

     —Pauli.

     —Pauli, toisti Anna hitaasti. Minulla oli ennen pieni, Paul niminen veli, lisäsi hän.

• More common in the vernacular form Pauli.

• lupa, pula

• IPA^(key): /pɔl/

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Paul m

1. Paul (biblical figure)
2. a male given name

• Jean-Paul
• female given names: Paule, Paulette, Pauline, Marie-Paule

• Haitian Creole: Pòl

• palu, Pula

• IPA^(key): /paʊ̯l/

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Paul m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauls)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Paula, Paulina, or Pauline, equivalent to English Paul

• biblical form: Paulus

Borrowed from English Paul.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol/[1]
• Rhymes: -ol

Paul m or f by sense

1. A male given name and surname in English

Borrowed from German Paul.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpawl/[1]
• Rhymes: -awl
• Hyphenation: Pàul

Paul m or f by sense

1. A male given name and surname in German

Borrowed from French Paul.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol/, (careful style) /ˈpɔl/[1]
• Rhymes: -ol, (careful style) -ɔl

Paul m

1. A male given name in French

Paul m (feminine Paula)

1. a male given name

• Pål

• IPA^(key): /pawl/

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• Rhymes: -awl
• Syllabification: Paul

Paul m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Masculine surname

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

• Appendix:Polish surnames

• Pål

Clipping of Latin Paulus. Cognate with English Paul.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːl/

Paul c (genitive Pauls)

1. a male given name

• (biblical): Paulus
• (female given names): Paula, Paulina

• Paul in Nomina | Historiska museet.