Paulus

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Danish
Old Swedish
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Roman family name

Latin paulus, paullus = 'small, humble' ^[1]

Related Names

Paulus	♂
Poulus	♂

See also
Variant forms: Bávllos, Páll, Palni, Paul, Paulinus, Pay, Povel
Female forms: Paula, Paulina Paulovna
Pet forms: Paatsi, Paki, Patu, Paukku

Combinations

For combinations see PAUL (name element)

Name Day

Denmark

22 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark: 1145 (Skåne) ^[2]
Sweden: 1286 ^[2]

Bible

The original name of Saint Paulus was Saulus

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		0	8	92	287
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	25	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	7	30
Finland[6]		0	0	n.a	879
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Paulus.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi