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Paulius

“small or humble”

Language contexts for this entry: Spanish, Danish, Lithuanian and 1 more

masculineLatin script

[²ˈpɒʊˑlʲʊ̟s] · Lithuanian

Origin: Latin
4 language contexts: Spanish Danish Lithuanian +1 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Paulius

Paulius is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Danish, Lithuanian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Paulus. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “small or humble”.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “small or humble”

* Learned borrowing from Latin Paulus. * Clipping of Pauli̇̀nas.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Paulius is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Paulius’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Statistics + language records

Spain, 2025: 70 male (rank 10929). Documented as a given name in Spanish.

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4 of 7 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Paulius

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2016: 4; births; Rank #511
Peak year: 1987; 29 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Paulius in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	7	479	observed
1980	8	450	observed
1981	10	392	observed
1982	13	346	observed
1983	7	486	observed
1984	18	277	observed
1985	15	305	observed
1986	19	280	observed
1987	29	204	observed
1988	17	277	observed
1989	27	223	observed
1990	16	299	observed
1991	10	382	observed
1992	6	483	observed
1993	12	329	observed
1994	11	341	observed
1995	5	518	observed
1996	10	356	observed
1997	5	487	observed
1998	6	449	observed
1999	6	467	observed
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	4	511	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Paulius” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Paulius Jankūnas
born 1984
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1984)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Paulius with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q2063946CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Paulius

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “small or humble”

* Learned borrowing from Latin Paulus. * Clipping of Pauli̇̀nas.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Paulius is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Paulius’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Statistics + language records

Spain, 2025: 70 male (rank 10929). Documented as a given name in Spanish.

Explore Spain

4 of 7 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Paulius

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2016: 4; births; Rank #511
Peak year: 1987; 29 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Paulius in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	7	479	observed
1980	8	450	observed
1981	10	392	observed
1982	13	346	observed
1983	7	486	observed
1984	18	277	observed
1985	15	305	observed
1986	19	280	observed
1987	29	204	observed
1988	17	277	observed
1989	27	223	observed
1990	16	299	observed
1991	10	382	observed
1992	6	483	observed
1993	12	329	observed
1994	11	341	observed
1995	5	518	observed
1996	10	356	observed
1997	5	487	observed
1998	6	449	observed
1999	6	467	observed
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	4	511	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q2063946CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: PauliusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Paulius

Latin origin

Where Paulius is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Paulius Jankūnas

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Paul

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Paulius

Latin origin

Where Paulius is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Paulius Jankūnas

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Paul

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page