Given name & surname
Pawel
“small”·“a small or humble man”
Pawel 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
Pawel 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
Pawel 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
Pawel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 449
- 449 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 29 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 7 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,875 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pawel’s family of names
Pawel shares a linguistic root with Paul. Pawel was borrowed from the Polish form Paweł. Pawel has a related form in Paul.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pawel
- Pawel AbbottPolish association football player (born 1982)
- Pawel BartoszekIcelandic politicianborn 1980
- Pawel TomaszewskiPolish actor (b. 1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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