Poul
Just 31 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Poul. Latin at root, from a word meaning "small, humble", and it reaches Polish through Scandinavia.
Poul Pronunciation
Poul is pronounced PO-ool (/ˈpɔul/).
What Poul means
Where Poul comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Poul comes from the Latin Paulus, a Roman cognomen meaning small or humble. Danish speakers shaped it into Poul, the northern cousin of the name Poles write as Paweł. The Latin word began as a plain description. It picked out the smaller person, the younger child, the modest one in the household.
The Scandinavian link runs deep in Danish records. Poul Henningsen, the Danish designer of the PH lamp, worked under it through the twentieth century. Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen took it into Danish politics in the 1990s. The name held its place in Denmark while staying rare elsewhere.
On a form at the Polish urząd, Poul reads as a guest. The spelling keeps its Danish shape. The clerk sees it as foreign. Yet the meaning underneath is old. Paulus meant small, and small it has stayed.
How many people are named Poul
1 in 688587 men in Poland is named Poul. 31 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7361 among male names.
Poul as a middle name
Poul is a first name for 31 men in Poland and a middle name for another 13, a 70/30 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2681st, between Phu (13) and Raman (13).
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#2679 Onyebuchi13
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#2680 Phu13
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#2681 Poul13
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#2682 Raman13
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#2683 Reece13