Pavol

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

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◐

Pavol is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name111 records spelled Pavol9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia

  Also written Павол

• Ukrainian given name76 records spelled Pavol6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian

  Also written Павол

42 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.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 17 years between 2004–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Paul von Leutschaub. 1465HUnot in their usual namemedieval carver and sculptor of the 15th and 16th century
• Pavel Jozef Šafárikb. 1795SKnot in their usual nameSlovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)
• Pavol Országh Hviezdoslavb. 1849SKSlovak poet, dramatist, and translator (1849–1921)
• Pavol Molnárb. 1936SKSlovak footballer (1936–2021)
• Pavol Paškab. 1958SKSlovak head of Slovak National Council (1958–2018)
• Pavol Haberab. 1962SKSlovak musician and actor
• Pavol Demitrab. 1974SKSlovak ice hockey center and Olympian (1974–2011)
• Pavol Hurajtb. 1978SKSlovak biathlete
• Pavol Hochschornerb. 1979SKSlovak canoeist
• Pavol Lisyb. 1995SKSlovak Go 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 · 72 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pavol?

We estimate roughly 4.0 thousand people bear Pavol (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Pavol have the most bearers?

Pavol is most frequently recorded in Slovakia, where it is most often spelled pavol.

How common is Pavol compared with other names?

In Slovakia, Pavol is the 23rd most common given name of 9,629 given names recorded there.

Is Pavol a male or female name?

Pavol 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.