Paul

Paul

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	Small

Paul is a common English name, derived from Paulus, a nomen of ancient Rome, while also appearing as the cognomen for other Romans. It may also refer to the following:

Roman and Byzantine empire

• Paul (jurist) or Julius Paulus (Second Century AD), a Roman jurist
• Paulus Catena (-362), a Roman notary
• Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC), a Roman general
• Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), a Hellenistic astrologer
• Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625?–690?), a Greek surgeon

Christianity

Saints

• Paul the Apostle from Tarsus, or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and author of numerous letters of the New Testament of the Christian Bible (AD 3-10 — 62-68)
• See Saint Paul (disambiguation), for other saints named "Paul", and places named after them

Popes

• Pope Paul (disambiguation), the chosen name of several Popes of the Roman Catholic Church upon election to the papacy
• Pope Paul I (Pope from 757–767)
• Pope Paul II (Pope from 1464–1471)
• Pope Paul III (Pope from 1534-1549)
• Pope Paul IV (Pope from 1555-1559)
• Pope Paul V (Pope from 1605-1621)
• Pope Paul VI (Pope from 1963-1978)

Other

• Paulus Jovius (1483-1552), an Italian bishop
• Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (ca. 720–800), an Italian Benedictine monk

Notable Pauls

• See article Paul (name), about the name Paul

Places

• Paul, Cornwall, England, UK
• Paul, Idaho, United States

Other uses

• Ahluwalia, where Paul is an alternative name for this community of Punjab
• Paul (Pokémon), a fictional character
• PAUL, a bakery franchise based in France
• Paul (song), by the German punk band Die Ärzte
• St. Paul (oratorio), a work by Felix Mendelssohn originally entitled 'Paulus' (in its German version)
• Paul is dead, conspiracy theory