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Paul m. Latin paulus 'small, little'.

The name of a biblical saint and apostle, as well as a number of early Roman and Egyptian saints, one of the founding saints of Brittany, and a 13th C Dominican saint and martyr. Greek New Testament: Παῦλος. Vulgate: Paulus. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Paul.

Czech Republic
Latin
● 1349 Paulo (dat) chlumecky 16; 1353 Pauel (nom) ibid. 85, Paul (nom) ibid. 121; 1356 Paulus (nom) ibid. 192, p. 29
◑ 1353 Paulyk (nom) chlumecky 123
England
Latin
◑ 1325 Paulyno (abl) CTG-6 80, p. 302; 1348 Poletto (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 9
Dutch
● 1574 Pauwels AuFr Boom; 1584 Pauwels ibid. Bartholomeus; 1587 Pauwels ibid. Colonels; 1592 Pauwels ibid. Cornelis; 1594 Paulus ibid. Coster, Pauwel ibid. Cousijn; 1599 Paulus ibid. Abeele
Early Modern English
● 1541 Pawll BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1542 Paull ibid. p. 3, Pawll ibid. p. 3; 1547 Pawle ibid. p. 6, Pawll ibid. p. 5; 1556 Paule bruton-vol1 p. 2; 1562 Paule ibid. p. 32; 1566 Paull ibid. p. 5; 1567 Paule ibid. p. 36; 1569 Paull StAnthonlin p. 20; 1571 Paul bruton-vol1 p. 39; 1573 Paule ibid. p. 6; 1575 Paule ibid. p. 42; 1576 Paule ibid. p. 43; 1578 Paule ibid. p. 43, Pawll BUmar-vol1 p. 26; 1583 Paule bruton-vol1 p. 45; 1585 Paul DEmar-vol2 p. 11; 1586 Paull StAnthonlin p. 31; 1589 Paul BEmar-vol2 p. 31, Paule ibid. p. 130; 1592 Paule bruton-vol1 p. 52; 1593 Paule ibid. p. 10; 1594 Paule ibid. p. 53; 1598 Paule CAmar-vol1 p. 151, bruton-vol1 p. 11; 1599 Paule ibid. p. 57
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1428 Pawel BbRT p. 352; 1433 Pawel ibid. p. 356; 1524x1532 Pauell (nom) Saareste1923a p. 102, Pawell (nom) Saareste1923b p. 137
Early Modern Swedish
● 1565 Paffel (nom) Hiiumaa p. 82, Pavel (nom) ibid. p. 82, Påffvels (gen) ibid. p. 48
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Pauell (nom) Audén1980 p. 168, Påls (gen) ibid. p. 169, Påuell (nom) ibid. p. 167; 1582 Paualij (nom) ibid. p. 172
◑ 1582 Parphe (nom) Audén1980 p. 172, Pasko (nom) ibid. p. 172
France
Latin
● c823 Paulus (nom) irminon-vol2 64; 1079x1101 Paulo (abl) CartStPC XXXVII; 1214 Paulus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXV; 1350 Pauli (gen) SDHK no. 6035; 1378 Pauli (gen) hanquetvol1 1324, Paulo (abl) ibid. 155
◑ c823 Paulinus (nom) irminon-vol2 65
Middle French
● 1564 Paol RegPCC-1 p. 92, Paoul ibid. p. 61, Paul ibid. p. 102, Pol ibid. p. 67; 1565 Paol ibid. p. 172, Paul ibid. p. 107; 1566 Paul ibid. p. 197
◑ 1418 Paulot HGParis p. 386
Germany
Latin
● 1401 Paulo (dat) HD1401 no. 395
◑ 1237 Paulino (abl) hennes-vol1 98
Early New High German
● 1404 Paul (nom) mairhofer DCLXXVII, Paulen (gen) ibid. DCLXXVII; 1418 Pauls (nom) ibid. DCCVII; 1419 Pauls (nom) ibid. DCCXIII; 1497 Paulus Nurn1497 134
Italy
Latin
● 1285 Pauli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 156; 1304 Pauli (gen) AnnMin6 XII; 1305 Paulus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLVI; 1326 Paulo (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 421; 1348 Pauli (gen) INP 1, Paulo (dat) ibid. 41, Paulum (acc) ibid. 1, Paulus (nom) ibid. 2; 1376 Pauli (gen) DouGen1 p. 216, Paulo (abl) ibid. p. 21; 1514 Paulus (nom) Rossi-StudiStoria p. 274; 1522x1532 Paulus (nom) DSF p. 52, 36; 1527 Pauli (gen) Rome1527 p. 88, Paulus (nom) ibid. p. 83
◑ 1285 Paulutii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154, Paulutius (nom) ibid. p. 153; 1348 Palutii (gen) INP 30, Paulini (gen) ibid. 6
Latvia
Middle Low German
● 1515 Pavel Mettig1892 p. 11; 1523 Pawel Arbusow p. 99; 1524 Pawel ibid. p. 99; 1532 Pawel ibid. p. 97; 1565x1577 Pawel ibid. p. 97; 1582x1594 Pawel Arbuzov1920 p. 47, Pawell ibid. p. 47
Lithuania
Polish
● 16thC Pawla (gen) Kaunas2006 p. 84; 1551x1555 Pawel (nom) ibid. p. 82, 84
The Netherlands
Dutch
● 1569 Paulus MagMiddelburg-1560; 1570 Paulus ibid.; 1571 Paulus ibid.
Portugal
Latin
● 1179 Paulus (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 4
Spain
Latin
● 1276 Paulo (dat) CDGH XLVI, paulus (nom) ibid. XLVI; 1487 Pauli (gen) carbonell p. 11, Paulus (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1488 Pauli (gen) ibid. p. 23, Paulus (nom) ibid. p. 17; 1489 Pauli (gen) ibid. p. 34, Paulus (nom) ibid. p. 36; 1490 Pauli (gen) ibid. p. 45, Paulus (nom) ibid. p. 44; 1491 Pauli (gen) ibid. p. 64, Paulus (nom) ibid. p. 64; 1492 Pauli (gen) ibid. p. 66
Catalan
● 1488 Pau carbonell p. 19; 1510 Pau valencia1510 4816
Ukraine
Latin
● 1469 Paulus (nom) AGZ-18 21
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Paul". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Paul.