Given name & surname
Pauls
Pauls is a surname. It is used in English and Latvian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Pauls developed from the Latin form Paulus.
Pauls’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Pauls developed from the Latin form Paulus. In Latvian usage, Pauls has a conventional equivalent in the English form Paul. In Latvian usage, Pauls has a related form in Paulis.
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Around the world
Pauls has relatives in 6 languages.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pauls
- Pauls KalniņšLatvian politician (1872-1945)
- Pauls JonassLatvian motocross racerborn 1997
- Pauls PutniņšLatvian politician (1937–2018)
- Pauls PujātsLatvian athletics competitor (1991-)
- Pauls DaugeLatvian dentist, Bolshevik revolutionary activist, writer (1869-1946)
- Pauls SokolovsLatvian footballer (1902-1971)
- Pauls BankovskisLatvian writer (1973-2020)
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