Paul (biblical character) · a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish Pablo, from Latin Paulus. The change from Latin /aw/ to /aβ/ may suggest that the name passed through Byzantine Greek (unsurprising for a biblical name), or it could simply be the converse of the native change from /aβ/ to /aw/ found in cases like froga < */ˈfraβɡa/ < fabrica.
a male given name, Pavlos, equivalent to English Paul · Any of the religious figures named Paul in the Bible, in particular the apostle of Jesus. · Any of the saints whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 29 June.
köken: From Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos), itself from Latin Paulus.
köken: Derived from Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Probably through a late Common Slavic or Church Slavonic form, itself possibly coming through a Byzantine Greek intermediate (compare Russian Па́вел (Pável), Ukrainian Павло (Pavlo)).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel-der. Proto-Slavic *polъ Old Church Slavonic полъ (polŭ) Bulgarian пол Inherited from Old Church Slavonic полъ (polŭ), from Proto-Slavic *polъ. Cognates include Belarusian пол (pol), Russian пол (pol), Macedonian пол (pol), Serbo-Croatian по̑л, Polish pół.
köken: From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Probably through a late Common Slavic form, itself possibly coming through a Byzantine Greek intermediate (compare Russian Па́вел (Pável), Ukrainian Павло (Pavlo)).
Etimoloji
From Koine Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos) (via one or more of Old Swedish Pawal, Pawel, Middle Low German Pavel, Old East Slavic Павьлъ (Pavĭlŭ)), from Latin Paulus.