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Re: Feminine form of Pavel?
by skinnyminnie
5/20/2025, 10:35 AM
in reply to a message by Wis Fish
Pavla is the closest match. It's very common here in Czechia where I live. It should also be used in Croatian and Slovene. In Russian, Pavla exists as a form as well; however, Polina (a form of Paulina, related to Paul / Pavel) is currently the most popular feminization.

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- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)   +2
5/20/2025, 1:11 PM
Pavla is not used (commonly) in Russia, I do not even know if old times used. For refrence here is Ukrainian data - https://ridni.org/forename/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0Yes Polina definitely is more popular!
- Wish Fish (WishFish)   +1
5/20/2025, 5:15 PM
When I put Paul into English to Russian translate, it says Pol, not Pavel, so how come Pavel is used?
- Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk (Tovaryshka_Anya)
5/20/2025, 7:14 PM
Pol is Russian form of Paul as direct translation, e.g. Paul in English book will be Pol in Russian translation of book or famous people called Paul in Russian written as Pol (example: https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8,_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB - Paul McCartney, Pol Makkartni) Pavel is Russian form of Paul that Russian people use as name.