Pawlo
The Ukrainian form of Paweł, from a Slavic root meaning "small" or "humble". In Poland it barely registers: fewer than fifty men carry it, and most Poles will never meet one.
Pawlo Pronunciation
Pawlo is pronounced PAHV-lo (/ˈpavlɔ/).
What Pawlo means
Where Pawlo comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pawlo is the Ukrainian form of a name that Poland writes as Paweł. The short meaning people give it is small, humble. That sense arrived through the Latin Paulus, where paulus meant little, and it settled onto the Slavic spelling as the name moved from language to language. So the humility in Pawlo came in from outside. Latin handed it over.
Paweł and Pawlo are variants of each other, the same name wearing two endings. One reads as Polish, one as Ukrainian, and a family with roots on both sides of the border may keep both. The kinship is close enough that a clerk rarely stumbles.
Picture a name on a form at the urząd, written as Pawlo, matched in the system to Paweł. Short name. The person answers to either spelling. What holds under both is that old sense carried over from paulus: small, humble.
How many people are named Pawlo
1 in 435636 men in Poland is named Pawlo. 49 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5433 among male names.
Pawlo as a middle name
Pawlo is a first name for 49 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8500th, between Pavithran (2) and Pemba (2).
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#8498 Paulino2
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#8499 Pavithran2
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#8500 Pawlo2
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#8501 Pemba2
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#8502 Pepe2