Paul (name)

Paul is a German, English and French, first and last name, whose origin is the Latin, male first name Paul.

For the feminine form of the given name, see Paula.

Origin and Meaning

Paul as a form of Paul is of Latin origin and means small or " low". The name therefore means " the little one ", " the Low ", also " the boy ( younger) " as the Latin additional minor. The Greek form Παῦλος Paulos goes back to the Latin name.

Dissemination

The first name was Paul in the last years of the 19th century often among the ten most- awarded boys' names in Germany. Its popularity then went first gradually, from the early forties sharply. Mid-seventies then came a turning point: The name was quickly popular. Since the turn of the millennium, he was again a few times in the " Top 10" of frequency statistics.

Name-day

For Paul, there are several name days:

  • January 25
  • February 6 (Paul Miki and Companions) - St. Paul Miki, Japaneseパウロ 三木, Pauro Miki (around 1565-1597 ), Japanese missionary, Jesuit and Martyr
  • April 16
  • June 13
  • June 26 ( John and Paul ) - St. Paul of Rome ( 4th century), martyr
  • June 29 ( Peter and Paul ) - St. Paul of Tarsus (1st century ), Apostle
  • October 19 - St. Paul of the Cross ( 1694-1775 ), founder of the Order

Variants

  • Faulus: Aramaic
  • Paale: friesian
  • Paavo: Finnish
  • Pablo: Spanish
  • Palle: Danish
  • Pál: Hungarian
  • Pål: Norwegian
  • Páll: icelandic
  • Pals: West Frisian
  • Paole, Paoli ( only as a last name)
  • Paolo: Italian
  • Pasha ( Паша ): Russian
  • Paschka ( Пашка ): Russian
  • Pau: catalan
  • Pauel: Danish
  • Paul: German, English, French, Romanian, Dutch
  • Paule, Pal: Albanian
  • Pauli: Finnish
  • Paulin: French
  • Paulino: Spanish, Portuguese
  • Paulinho, Paulo: Portuguese
  • Paulinus: latin
  • Paulen, Paulke ( only as a last name)
  • Paulos, Greek
  • Paul: Latvian
  • Paul: Latin, Dutch
  • Pavel ( Павел ): Russian, Czech, Bulgarian
  • Pavle: serbian, macedonian
  • Pavlo ( Павло ): Ukrainian
  • Pavlos, Paulos ( Παύλος ): Greek
  • Pavlu
  • Pavo, Pavao: Croatian
  • Pavol: Slovak
  • Pawel: Russian, Slavic
  • Paweł: Polish
  • Pavlo ( Павло ): Ukrainian
  • Pawoł: Sorbian
  • Pay: North Frisian
  • Pol: Luxembourgish, Catalan, Romansh
  • Pole: Low German
  • Pouel: Danish
  • Poul: Danish
  • Povel: Danish
  • Povilas, Paulauskas (only as a surname ): lithuanian
  • Povl: Danish

Short forms:

  • Pauli (including surname, Genetivform ), Paule

Frequent double names and name combinations:

Bearers of the name

Nickname Paul or Paul

See:

  • Saint Paul

Popes

  • Paul I. ( 757-767 )
  • Paul II (1464-1471)
  • Paul III. (1534-1549)
  • Paul IV (1555-1559)
  • Paul V (1605-1621)
  • Paul VI. (1963-1978)

Patriarch

  • Paul I. ( 337-339 ), ( 341-342 ) ( 346-351 ), Patriarch of Constantinople Opel
  • Paul II ( 641-653 ), Patriarch of Constantinople Opel
  • Paul III. ( 687-693 ), Patriarch of Constantinople Opel
  • Paul IV ( 780-784 ), Patriarch of Constantinople Opel
  • Paul (1990-2009), Patriarch of the Serbs

Bishops

  • Paul of Samosata ( 3rd century ) 260-268 Bishop of Antioch; excommunicated as heretics
  • Paul of Antioch / Sidon († 13th century), Melkite Bishop in Sidon
  • Paul of Jägerndorf († 1377 ), 1352-1359 Bishop of Gurk and 1359-1377 Prince-Bishop of Freising
  • Pavel of Kolomna († 1656), from the Bishop of Kolomna
  • Paul de Santa Maria, P. Burgos, Solomon ha -Levi (1352-1435), rabbi, later Archbishop of Burgis and Lord Chancellor

Ruler

  • Paul (1901-1964), King of Greece (1947-1964)
  • Paul I ( Paul I ) Pavel Petrovich Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp ( 1754-1801 ), Tsar of Russia ( 1796-1801 )
  • Paul I. Esterházy (1635-1713), ruler of the Burgenland

As well as

  • Paul Catena (4th century ), at the court of Emperor Constantius notarius ' II
  • Paul ( Comes ) (5th century ), late Roman officer (or rulers ) in Northern Gaul
  • Paul of Kallinikos (520 )
  • Paul Silentiarius ( † before 581 ), Byzantine poet
  • Paul ( exarch ) East Roman Patricius, Strategus of Sicily and Exarch of Ravenna until 726/727
  • Paul the Deacon, ( 720-797 ), monk and historian
  • Paul Venetus, Paolo Nicoletti da Udine ( 1369/72-1429 ), Italian philosopher and theologian

Names winner Paul

  • All articles beginning with " Paul "

Second and last name

  • Julius Paulus ( 200 ), Roman jurist and Praetorian prefect

Family name

See Paul ( surname)

Fictional characters

  • Paul Bäumer, main character of the novel anti-war on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  • Paul Temple, fictional private detective and mystery writer by British author Francis Durbridge
  • Paul Neugebauer, Ludwig Manfred Lommel role in the Runxendorf Radio Shows
  • Paul, an alien in the sci-fi comedy Paul - An alien on the run
  • Uncle Paul, cartoon character

Animals

  • Paul ( Octopus ) ( 2008-2010), animal oracle to predict match results in football tournaments

Swell

  • Male first name
  • English personal name
  • French personal name
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