Pavol
A Latin name meaning "small, humble". Only about 85 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Pavol.
Pavol Pronunciation
What Pavol means
Where Pavol comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pavol comes from the Latin word paulus, an adjective meaning small or humble. Roman families used Paulus as a cognomen, the added name that could mark a younger or a lesser son. The general Lucius Aemilius Paullus carried it in the second century BC. The sense was physical first. A child was the small one.
That plain meaning held as the name moved north into Slavic speech. The Latin root stayed close to the surface, and the reading kept to it: small, humble. It reached everyday use without needing decoration. No grander claim was ever bolted on top.
Read down a Polish class register, Pavol sounds compact, two syllables and done. The name still answers to its Latin source, paulus, small and humble.
How many people are named Pavol
1 in 251132 men in Poland is named Pavol. 85 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3838 among male names.
Pavol as a middle name
Pavol is a first name for 85 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2989th, between Oğuz (11) and Petr (11).
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#2987 Oğulcan11
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#2988 Oğuz11
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#2989 Pavol11
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#2990 Petr11
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#2991 Petter11