# Paulus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paulus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 4,405 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,469 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,824 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,826 |

## People named Paulus

- Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (1625-1654)
- Paulus Arajuuri, Finnish footballer
- Paulus Moreelse, Dutch portrait painter (1571–1638)
- Paulus Bor, Dutch painter (1601-1669)
- Johannes Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist (1867–1931)
- Paulus Roiha, Finnish footballer
- Paulus Cassel, German missionary (1821-1892)
- Paulus Hochgatterer, Austrian writer
- Paulus Pontius, Flemish printmaker (1603-1658)
- Paulus Merula, Dutch geographer and historian (1558-1607)
- Paulus Catena, Ancient Roman notary
- Paul the Apostle, Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.