Pauls

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Pauels in DE Germany, BE Belgium, NL Netherlands and 1 more.

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 17 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◐

Pauls is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname3.1K records spelled Pauls9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Mexico

  Also written Paüls, Paúls, Päüls, Paul'S

• a separate name2.3K records spelled Pauls3 spellings in the group

  Also written Paüls

• a separate name1.2K records spelled Pauls4 spellings in the group

  Also written Paüls

• a separate name580 records spelled Pauls3 spellings in the group

  Also written Paúls, Paüls

44 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●

Pauls is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Paul; 2721 Träger.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In Latvian, a male given name borne by Latvian speakers

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

• In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pauls Kalniņšb. 1872LVLatvian politician (1872-1945)
• Rolf Friedemann Paulsb. 1915DEGerman diplomat (1915-2002)
• Raimonds Paulsb. 1936LVSoviet and Latvian composer and pianist; Minister of culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993
• Pauls Putniņšb. 1937LVLatvian politician (1937–2018)
• Alan Paulsb. 1959ARArgentine writer, literary critic and screenwriter
• Gastón Paulsb. 1972ARArgentine actor, TV host and producer
• Pauls Bankovskisb. 1973LVLatvian writer (1973-2020)
• Nicolás Paulsb. 1975ARArgentine actor
• Kārlis Lasmanisb. 1994LVnot in their usual nameLatvian basketball player (born 1994)
• Patriarch Paul of Alexandrianot in their usual namePatriarch of Alexandria

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 · 75 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pauls?

We estimate roughly 4.7 thousand people bear Pauls (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Pauls have the most bearers?

Pauls is most frequently recorded in Anguilla, where it is most often spelled pauls.

What does the name Pauls mean?

Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Paul < lat.