Meaning, origin and history of the name Poul

Gender Masculine

Pronounced Pron. /ˈpɒwl/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Danish form of Paul.

DiminutivePalle

Other Languages & CulturesPal, Pali, Pavli (Albanian) Paulus (Ancient Roman) Boulos, Bulus (Arabic) Boghos, Poghos (Armenian) Pavel, Paviel, Paval (Belarusian) Paul (Biblical) Paulos (Biblical Greek) Paulus (Biblical Latin) Paol (Breton) Pavel (Bulgarian) Pau, Pol (Catalan) Paulu (Corsican) Pavao, Pavle, Pavo (Croatian) Pavel (Czech) Paul (Dutch) Paul, Paulie (English) Paŭlo, Paĉjo (Esperanto) Paul, Paavo (Estonian) Páll (Faroese) Pauli, Paavali, Paavo (Finnish) Pauwel (Flemish) Paul (French) Paulo (Galician) Pavle (Georgian) Paul (German) Pavlos (Greek) Pál (Hungarian) Páll (Icelandic) Pól (Irish) Paolo (Italian) Pauls, Pāvels, Pāvils (Latvian) Paulius, Povilas (Lithuanian) Pavle, Pavel (Macedonian) Pawlu (Maltese) Paora (Māori) Pål, Paul (Norwegian) Pau (Occitan) Paweł (Polish) Paulo, Paulinho (Portuguese) Paul (Romanian) Pavel, Pasha (Russian) Pàulu (Sardinian) Pàl, Pòl (Scottish Gaelic) Pavle (Serbian) Pavol (Slovak) Pavel (Slovene) Pablo (Spanish) Pål, Paul (Swedish) Pavlo, Pasha (Ukrainian)

Surname DescendantPoulsen (Danish)