Pavla
A Latin name at root, from a word meaning "small, humble". Barely present in Poland now: only around 45 women carry it, and no girls have been given it this century.
Pavla Pronunciation
What Pavla means
Where Pavla comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pavla traces back to the Latin word paulus, which meant small or little. Romans used it as a cognomen, a family name that sat beside the given one. From that root grew the sense of humility, since a small person makes no large claim. Pavla is the feminine form built on the same Latin bone.
The short meaning holds two words: small, humble. Neither reads as an insult. In Roman usage paulus marked modest size, and later readers heard modesty of character in it. A Pavla on a Polish class register sits among names with louder Latin roots. Hers stays low to the ground.
Latin gave the name its floor and never raised it. Small, humble: that is what the syllables have meant since Rome.
How many people are named Pavla
1 in 500974 women in Poland is named Pavla. 45 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5728 among female names.