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Paul

OriginLatin
Meaning"small"
GenderBoy

About Paul

Variation of Paavo

1 syllable.

As of September 2026, Paul ranked #262 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #12 in 1930, Nameberry popularity #223.

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Famous Pauls

  • Saint Paul of Thebes

    first Christian hermit

  • Paul I

    Emperor of Russia

  • Paul

    King of Greece

  • Paul

    Prince Regent of Yugoslavia

  • Paul Revere

    American revolutionary

  • Paul the Deacon

    Italian monk and historian

  • Paul Gardner Allen

    American co,founder of Microsoft

  • Paul Albert Anka

    Canadian singer

  • Paul Poirier

    Canadian ice dancer

  • Paul Bettany

    English actor

  • Paul Rusesabagina

    Rwandan humanitarian

  • Paul Karmiryan

    American dancer and actor

  • Paul Blackthorne

    English actor

  • Paul Frederic Bowles

    American composer and novelist

  • Paul Butcher

    Sr., former American footballer player

  • Paul Matthew Hawke Butcher

    Jr., American actor & singer

  • Paul Celan

    German poet

  • Paul Cerdan

    son of French boxing champion Marcel Cerdan

  • Paul Cezanne

    French Impressionist painter

  • Paul Claudel

    French poet

  • Paul Winchell (born Wilchinsky)

    American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian and inentor

  • Newton Edward "Paul" Daniels

    English magician and TV personality

  • Paul Davies

    English physicist

  • Paul Di'Anno (born Andrews)

    lead singer of English band Iron Maiden

  • Paul Dirac

    English theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner

  • Paul Dobson

    English,Canadian voice actor

  • Paul Eluard

    French poet

  • Paul Erdos

    Hungarian mathematician

  • Paul Garcia

    American musician of rock band "The Cab"

  • Paul John Gascoigne

    English footballer

  • Paul Gauguin

    French post,Impressionist painter

  • Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti

    American actor

  • Paul Brandon Gilbert

    American rock guitarist

  • Paul Gray

    bassist for American band Slipknot

  • Paul Guilfoyle

    American actor

  • Paul Newell Hester

    Australian musician

  • Paul David "Bono" Hewson

    member of the band U2

  • Paul Heyman

    American pro wrestling promoter/manager

  • Paul Hindemith

    German composer

  • Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince

    English footballer

  • (Paul) Kevin Jonas II

    American musician

  • Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya

    Canadian ice hockey player

  • Paul Klee

    Swiss painter

  • Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

    5th president of South Africa

  • Paul Michael Levesque aka Triple H

    American pro wrestler

  • Paul Edward Lynde

    American actor/comedian

  • Paul Edgar Philippe Martin

    prime minister of Canada

  • (James) Paul McCartney

    English musician

  • Paul John McGann

    English actor

  • Paul Mellon

    American philanthropist and horse breeder

  • Paul Merton (born Paul James Martin)

    English actor/comedian

  • Paul Newman

    American actor

  • Paul Reiser

    American comedian and actor

  • Paul Leroy Robeson

    American singer and actor

  • Paul Rodriguez

    American pro skateboarder

  • Paul Stephen Rudd

    American actor

  • Paul Ryan

    U.S. congressman from Wisconsin

  • Paul Simon

    American singer,songwriter

  • Paul Anthony Sorvino

    American actor

  • (Noel) Paul Stookey

    American singer,songwriter of Peter, Paul & Mary

  • Paul Edward Theroux

    American travel writer and novelist

  • Paul F. Tompkins

    American actor and comedian

  • Paul William Walker IV

    late American actor

  • Paul Glee Waner

    American baseball player

  • Paul Wesley

    American actor

  • Paul Hamilton Williams

    Jr., American songwriter

  • Paul Winchell

    American ventriloquist, voice actor, comedian

  • Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs

    American computer entrepreneur and inventor, co,founder of Apple, Inc.

  • Paul Allen

    sports commentator on the Twin Cities radio station KFAN

  • Paul Colbert

    son of comedian/TV host Stephen Colbert

  • Paul Jones

    British singer (Manfred Mann), actor and radio presenter

  • Paul Stanley

    American musician (Kiss)

  • Paul Pogba

    French professional footballer

Paul in pop culture

  • Paul Baumer

    German soldier in "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque

  • Paul Bunyan

    tall tale literary figure

  • Paul Atreides

    main character of science fiction series "Dune"

  • Paul McLean

    character in movie "A River Runs Through It"

  • Paul Rawlins

    character in movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"

  • Paul Henry

    character in "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards

  • Paul Blofis

    character in the Heroes of Olympus series

  • Paul Underwood

    character in novel "The Nest"

  • Paul Buchman

    character on "Mad About You"

  • Paul Slippery

    character on TV's "Fortysomething"

  • Paul Pfeiffer

    character on TV's "The Wonder Years"

  • Paul Crewe

    character in the movie "The Longest Yard"

  • Paul Drake

    character in "Perry Mason"

  • Rev. Paul Coates

    character on TV's "Broadchurch"

  • Paul

    one of Ash's rivals in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl and anime

  • Paul Geary

    character from movie "Promised Land"

  • Paul Stamets

    Starfleet officer on TV show "Star Trek: Discovery"

  • Paul Dierdan

    character on TV's "Orphan Black"

  • Paul Williams

    character on soap "The Young and the Restless"

  • Paul Robinson

    character on Australian soap "Neighbours"

  • Paul Kinsey

    character on TV's "Mad Men"

  • Paul Exley

    character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"

  • Paul Moses

    character in "Red"

  • Paul

    alien in the 2011 movie "Paul"

  • Paul Ballard

    character on TV's "Dollhouse"

  • Paul Lahote

    character in the Twilight Saga

  • Paul

    Edward Logan, patriarch in "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor

  • Paul Benjamin

    character in the "All in the Family" episode titled "Archie Is Branded" which first aired on

  • February 24

    1973, see this link, https://all,in,the,family,tv,show.fandom.com/wiki/Archie_Is_Branded

  • paul matthews

    character from “the guy who didn’t like musicals”

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