Latin origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “small”
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Паѵьлъ (Pavĭlŭ), from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos), from Latin Paulus. On birch bark letter first attested in c. 1050–1075. Compare with Old East Slavic Паѵьлъ (Pavĭlŭ) and Old Ruthenian Па́ѵелъ (Pável).
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- Wiktionary: ПаѵьлеCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary (en): PaulusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
