Given name & surname
Pablo
“a small or humble man”·“small”
Pablo is a form of Paul. Interpretations include “small” and “a small or humble man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Spanishปาโบ๎ล
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Pablo carries the interpretation “a small or humble man.” Pablo is a form of Paul. Interpretations include “small” and “a small or humble man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish use, Pablo is used as a form of Paul.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pablo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50,439
- 50,370 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,174 babies
- 2025
- 743
- #430 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 743 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 430 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,174 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (202). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 80,699 as a first name in 2020; 7,484 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pablo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Pablo has a diminutive in PABLITO. Pablo shares a linguistic root with Paul. In Spanish usage, Pablo has a related form in Paulo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pablo has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Paulafeminine form · Spanish
- Paolodoublet · Spanish, Italian
- Pauldoublet · English, German
- PavelCzech
- PauCatalan
- Paulinoequivalent
- Pavloequivalent
- Pavleequivalent
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- Poulequivalent
- PalAlbanian
- Pavlosequivalent
- Pauliequivalent
- Paulosequivalent
- Pawelequivalent
- Paulusroot · Latin
- 保羅Chinese
- ПавелRussian
- PawełPolish
- PalushAlbanian
- Павлоequivalent
- Պողոսequivalent
- Pállequivalent
- Pålequivalent
- Павлеequivalent
- Povilasequivalent
- Pálequivalent
- Pavolequivalent
- Boghosequivalent
- Paavoequivalent
- ΠαύλοςGreek
- PaolBreton
People named Pablo
- Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
- Pablo NerudaChilean poet and politician (1904-1973)
- Pablo EscobarColombian politician and drug lord (1949–1993)
- GaviSpanish association football playerborn 2004
- Pablo ZabaletaArgentine footballerborn 1985
- Pablo SarabiaSpanish association football playerborn 1992
- Pablo AimarArgentine association football manager (born 1979)
- Pablo Iglesias TurriónSpanish politician (born 1978)
- Pablo ArmeroColombian footballer (born 1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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