Павло is a masculine given name documented in Russian and Ukrainian. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Paulus via Old Ruthenian, Old East Slavic, Church Slavic and 2 other languages. It is a form of Paulus, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “small”.
3 source accounts
Latin origin
Source-reported
Meaning: “small”
Inherited from Old Ruthenian Па́велъ (Pável), from Old East Slavic Павелъ (Pavelŭ), Паулъ (Paulŭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Павьлъ (Pavĭlŭ), Паоулъ (Paulŭ), from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos), from Latin Paulus.
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