Given name & surname
Paulos
“small”·“a small or humble man”
Paulos is a variant of Paul. Interpretations include “small” and “a small or humble man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Paulos is a variant of Paul. Interpretations include “small” and “a small or humble man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Paulos is a variant of Paul. An origin associated with Paul is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paulos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 266 as a first name in 2020; 1,001 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.
Paulos’s family of names
Paulos has a related form in Paul. In Old Galician-Portuguese usage, Paulos has a related form in Paulo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Paulos
- Paulos Faraj RahhoChaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul (1942–2008)
- Paulos TzaduaCardinal; Ethiopian Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba (1921-2003)
- Abune PaulosPatriarch of Ethiopia (1935-2012)
- Paulos TesfagiorgisEritrean activistborn 2000
- Paulos GregoriosIndian Metropolitan (1922-1996)
- Paulos RaptisGreek tenor1936–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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