Pavlos
Greek at root, from a name that carried the sense "small, humble". In Poland it barely registers: around 55 men hold it, all of them, and no newborn has been given it this century, so most Poles will never meet one.
Pavlos Pronunciation
What Pavlos means
Where Pavlos comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pavlos is the Greek form of the name Polish speakers know as Paweł. Both descend from the Latin Paulus, an old Roman family name. The Latin word meant small, and that sense carried into every language that borrowed it: small, humble.
The most famous bearer widened the name's reach. The apostle from Tarsus was born Saul and used the Roman name Paulus among the Greek-speaking cities he wrote to. In Greek his letters name him Παύλος, Pavlos. From those letters the name spread across the Christian east, while Greek kept the ending -os that Polish later trimmed away to make Paweł.
A Pavlos on a Polish class register reads as plainly Greek. The stress sits on the first syllable, PA-vlos, and the form holds fixed, with no Polish diminutive of its own.
The meaning has stayed honest to the root. Paulus meant small. Pavlos still says small, humble.
How many people are named Pavlos
1 in 388113 men in Poland is named Pavlos. 55 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5031 among male names.
Pavlos as a middle name
Pavlos is a first name for 55 men in Poland and a middle name for another 7, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4002nd, between Parfait (7) and Peer (7).
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#4000 Oǧuz7
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#4001 Parfait7
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#4002 Pavlos7
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#4003 Peer7
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#4004 Pentti7