Meaning, origin and history of the name Pavel

Gender Masculine

Scripts Павел(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian)

Pronounced Pron. PA-vyil(Russian)

PA-vehl(Czech)

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Meaning & History

Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Macedonian and Belarusian form of Paul.

VariantsPavle(Macedonian) Paviel, Paval(Belarusian)

DiminutivePasha(Russian)

Other Languages & CulturesPal, Pali, Pavli(Albanian) Paulus(Ancient Roman) Boulos, Bulus(Arabic) Boghos, Poghos(Armenian) Paul(Biblical) Paulos(Biblical Greek) Paulus(Biblical Latin) Paol(Breton) Pau, Pol(Catalan) Paulu(Corsican) Pavao, Pavle, Pavo(Croatian) Paul, Poul, Palle(Danish) Paul(Dutch) Paul, Paulie(English) Paŭlo, Paĉjo(Esperanto) Paul, Paavo(Estonian) Páll(Faroese) Pauli, Paavali, Paavo(Finnish) Pauwel(Flemish) Paul(French) Paulo(Galician) Pavle(Georgian) Paul(German) Pavlos(Greek) Pál(Hungarian) Páll(Icelandic) Pól(Irish) Paolo(Italian) Pauls, Pāvels, Pāvils(Latvian) Paulius(Lithuanian) Pawlu(Maltese) Paora(Maori) Pål, Paul(Norwegian) Pau(Occitan) Paweł(Polish) Paulo, Paulinho(Portuguese) Paul(Romanian) Pàulu(Sardinian) Pàl, Pòl(Scottish) Pavle(Serbian) Pavol(Slovak) Pablo(Spanish) Pål, Paul(Swedish) Pavlo(Ukrainian)

Surname DescendantsPavlov(Bulgarian) Pavlov, Pavlovsky(Russian)

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Bulgaria: June 29

Czechia: June 29