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Paul

in Illinois

There are 2,437 people with the last name "Paul" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Paul 356
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  1. is 352nd most common Cross
  2. is 353rd most common Watts
  3. is 354th most common Lowe
  4. is 355th most common Horton
  5. is 356th most common Paul
  6. is 357th most common Weiss
  7. is 358th most common Page
  8. is 359th most common Alvarado
  9. is 360th most common Avila

Similar Names and Nicknames

Paulson, Paulsen, Pauley, Paulino, Paulk, Paulus, Paulin, Paula, Pauly, Paull

Most Common First Names for Paul

James, David, Robert, John, Richard, Michael, William, Donald, Thomas, Charles

Meaning & History

English, French, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about AD 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall.

Catalan (Paül): habitational name from any of several places named Paül.

Spanish: topographic name from paúl ‘marsh’, ‘lagoon’.

Spanish: Castilianized form of Basque Padul, a habitational name from a town of this name in Araba province.

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