Given name · also Irish
Pól
Pól is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Irish, Faroese, and Old Irish.
Original LatinPaulus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Pól comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Irish usage, Pól developed from Paulus.
Pól’s family of names
Pól shares a linguistic root with Paul. In Irish usage, Pól has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Pavel. In Irish usage, Pól has a conventional equivalent in the English form Paul.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pól has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Pól 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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pól
- Pól Jóhannus JustinussenFaroese footballerborn 1989
- Pól ThorsteinssonDanish footballerborn 1973
- Pól Ó FoighilIrish politician1928–2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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