Paultje as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Paultje

What is the meaning of the name Paultje ?

The baby name Paultje is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈpɑu̯l.tjə/ (POWL-tyuh).

Paultje is in Origin.

Paultje is a Dutch diminutive of Paul, from Latin Paulus meaning small or humble. The affectionate suffix -tje is standard in Dutch; after a final -l an extra t is inserted for ease of pronunciation, yielding Paultje. While mainly a cozy, familiar or child-directed form, it can also appear as an official first name in the Low Countries.

In use across the Netherlands and Flanders, Paultje has been recorded in parish and civil registers from the early modern era onward, with greater formal use in the 19th–20th centuries when diminutives were often registered as given names. Related forms include Paul and Paulus (Dutch), Pauwel (Flemish), and Pouwel (Frisian); international cognates are Pablo (Spanish), Paolo (Italian), Paulo (Portuguese), Pavel (Slavic), and Paweł (Polish). Nickname variants in Dutch and Flemish speech include Pol and Polleke, and the feminine counterparts are Paula and Paulien/Pauline (with diminutive Paulientje).

⚙ Paultje is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 22 recorded uses across 1 country. Expect very few children to share this name.