Paul Variations & Nicknames
Honor Paul with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Paul. | 1,316#262 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 318#855 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 56#2,986 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 743#430 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 138#1,536 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 1948 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 178#1,260 | Down 304 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 346#784 | Up 50 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 110#1,559 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 76#2,003 | Up 530 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | —Unranked | — | 1948 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 12#7,085 | Down 1,910 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 37#3,224 | Up 666 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | —Unranked | — | 1920 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 48#3,284 | Up 440 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | —Unranked | — | 1927 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | 8#11,673 | Up 3,008 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 6#11,651 | Down 2,324 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Paul. | —Unranked | — | 1927 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | 6#11,652 | new | 2011 | ||
An international form or spelling of Paul. | —Unranked | — | 1965 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | —Unranked | — | 1953 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Paul. | —Unranked | — | 2019 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Paul family. | —Unranked | — | 1997 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.