Pablo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Paul in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 9 more, Павел in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye, Paulo in BR Brazil, PT Portugal and Paweł in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Pablo is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name89K records spelled Pablo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Bolivia

  Also written Páblo

• Lao given name19K records spelled Pablo33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Spain, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Pabon, Pabón, พาโบล, Päblö, Pábló

• Polish given name14K records spelled Pablo25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Spain, United States, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Пабло, Pabla, Пабла, Pâblo, Páblo

• Vietnamese given name6.6K records spelled Pablo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Vietnam, Netherlands

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Pâblo

• Finnish given name4.2K records spelled Pablo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Spain, United States, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Pâblo, Pâblõ, Pãblõ, Påblõ, Päblö

• Croatian given name3.6K records spelled Pablo10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Croatia, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Пабло, Pablò

• Turkish given name3.1K records spelled Pablo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Türkiye, France

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Päbļõ, Pâblö, Päblö, Päblô, Pablô

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Pablo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Paul.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Paul (biblical character)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Latín Paulus/Paullus: ‘pequeño’; difundido por el apóstol Pablo.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Swedish, Pablo är en spansk form av → Paul. En känd namnbärare är den spanske konstnären Pablo Picasso (1881–1973).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Forme espagnole de Paul, du latin Paulus, « petit, humble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Benito Juárezb. 1806MXnot in their usual namePresident of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
• Pablo de Sarasateb. 1844ESSpanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)
• Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano de la Santissima Trinidad Ruiz Blasco Picassob. 1881ESSpanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
• Pablo Nerudab. 1904CLChilean poet and politician (1904-1973)
• Pablo Escobarb. 1949COColombian drug lord (1949–1993)
• Felipe VI of Spainb. 1968ESnot in their usual nameKing of Spain since 2014
• Diego Simeoneb. 1970ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player and manager (born 1970)
• Pablo Contrerasb. 1978CLChilean footballer
• Pablo Iglesias Turriónb. 1978ESSpanish politician (born 1978)
• Gavib. 2004ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,194 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pablo?

We estimate roughly 3.9 million people bear Pablo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Pablo have the most bearers?

Pablo is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled павел.

Where is Pablo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pablo is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 27 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Pablo compared with other names?

In Russia, Pablo is the 34th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Pablo a male or female name?

Pablo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Pablo mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish form of Paul; Lat.