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)).