Given name · Greek
Παύλος
Παύλος (Pávlos) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Paul.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Παύλος comes from Byzantine Greek, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Greek usage, Παύλος developed from Paulus.
Παύλος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Παύλος has a diminutive in Παυλάκης. In Greek usage, Παύλος developed from the Latin form Paulus. In Greek usage, Παύλος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Paul.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Παύλος has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Παύλος comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Παύλος
- Pavlos KountouriotisGreek admiral and politician ,former president of the Hellenic Republic (1855–1935)1854–1935
- Paul the SilentiaryByzantine poet520–575
- Pavlos KontidesCypriot yacht racerborn 1990
- Pavlos FyssasGreek far-left anti-fascist rapper (1979-2013)
- Pavlos Pavlidissport shooter1900–1968
- Paul II of Constantinoplepriest and archbishop
- Pavlos CarrerGreek composer (1829–1896)
- Pavlos MelasHellenic Army officer (1870–1904)
- Pavlos KagialisGreek sailorborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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