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The baby name Pol is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced English: /pɒl/ or /pɔːl/; Catalan/Dutch/Breton: /pol/; Irish (Pól): /pɔːl/.

Pol is Breton, Dutch in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Breton, Dutch
Pronunciation: English: /pɒl/ or /pɔːl/; Catalan/Dutch/Breton: /pol/; Irish (Pól): /pɔːl/

What is the meaning of the name Pol ?

The baby name Pol is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced English: /pɒl/ or /pɔːl/; Catalan/Dutch/Breton: /pol/; Irish (Pól): /pɔːl/.

Pol is Breton, Dutch in Origin.

Pol is a pan-European short form rooted in Latin Paulus, “small, humble.” It functions as the Catalan and Breton equivalent of Paul and appears in Occitan and French as well; Irish and Scottish Gaelic prefer the accented Pól and Pòl. The name is long attested in Brittany through Saint Pol (Paul Aurelian) and has seen a modern surge in Catalonia and Andorra from the late 20th century, borne by athletes and artists.

Variants and cognates include Paul, Pau (Catalan), Pól, Pòl, Pawl (Welsh/Cornish), Paolo, Paulo, Pablo, Pavel, and Pål/Pál. In Flemish and Dutch, Pol also works as a familiar form of Leopold or Napoleon, giving it a separate Germanic line (“people-bold”) in those contexts. Despite these threads, the dominant sense remains the Pauline “small, humble.” Compact, brisk, and cross-linguistic, Pol bridges early Christian tradition with contemporary European style.

Pol has the following similar or variant Names

Pol – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 1990 #1 — 351
HT Boys 0 #34 1 903
LU 0 #49 18 2,830
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
AO 0 #77 1 2,729
BG 0 #82 1 1,799
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
LU Boys 0 #92 151 4,970
PH 0 #102 9 5,607
QA 0 #102 5 7,011
EC 0 #121 1 2,502
OM 0 #121 1 6,215
AZ Boys 0 #131 1 1,400
BN Boys 0 #131 9 6,332
GR 0 #135 1 3,911
PA 0 #137 2 3,797
Spain Boys 0 #149 3,642 5,610
LT Boys 0 #151 1 2,166
RS Boys 0 #154 1 2,277
PR Boys 0 #177 2 2,508
MT Boys 0 #178 2 4,064
UY 0 #181 2 2,477
AE 0 #186 2 10,220
AR 0 #187 7 2,915
LU Girls 0 #190 1 4,850
RU 0 #192 3 3,641
Belgium Boys 2012 #201 23 405
SI Boys 0 #211 1 3,402
PL 0 #212 1 2,600
BG Boys 0 #218 3 3,850
PS 0 #225 2 5,692
EC Boys 0 #230 10 3,322
BG Girls 0 #231 1 3,559
MO Boys 0 #232 3 5,842
BD 0 #239 3 5,992
AO Boys 0 #249 1 5,568
NA Boys 0 #252 2 6,830
TW Boys 0 #255 2 7,111
Spain 0 #256 217 2,326
HR Boys 0 #257 3 3,997
GR Boys 0 #258 10 6,912
MO Girls 0 #263 1 7,056
KZ Boys 0 #275 15 6,578
IL 0 #281 2 6,291
SG 0 #281 2 11,010
AL Boys 0 #286 13 5,122
PE 0 #292 19 6,350
PL Boys 0 #293 43 6,459
CZ Boys 0 #297 9 6,530
JP Boys 0 #302 2 7,909
SA 0 #310 3 10,560
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
DK Boys 0 #332 1 7,401
KZ Girls 0 #332 1 5,862
GT 0 #335 4 5,948
PH Boys 0 #336 48 11,440
QA Girls 0 #343 1 15,378
MY 0 #352 3 12,352
PL Girls 0 #358 7 5,096
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
MU Girls 0 #361 2 8,539
RU Boys 0 #365 143 12,621
MU Boys 0 #366 4 8,477
UY Boys 0 #373 27 5,922
France Boys 2021 #377 11 2,865
PT Boys 0 #380 2 7,951
JO Boys 0 #389 1 7,057
YE 0 #397 2 8,639
BO 0 #401 8 6,868
BD Girls 0 #403 4 8,413
EG 0 #411 2 6,387
AR Boys 0 #422 46 7,628
OM Girls 0 #423 2 15,987
PH Girls 0 #424 6 13,098
CL 0 #427 8 6,867
SD Boys 0 #431 15 10,523
MX 0 #439 7 8,339
GT Boys 0 #462 13 7,625
PA Boys 0 #467 15 9,305
ZA 0 #473 2 14,421
RU Girls 0 #481 18 11,913
CR Boys 0 #505 6 10,188
CO 0 #507 4 7,768
PE Boys 0 #512 459 14,506
PS Boys 0 #521 28 10,655
BO Boys 0 #524 69 9,244
IQ Girls 0 #524 2 11,303
UY Girls 0 #536 1 6,731
IR Boys 0 #539 14 10,162
PS Girls 0 #543 5 10,981
IR Girls 0 #545 1 8,334
BD Boys 0 #551 26 10,045
HK Boys 0 #554 4 12,905
LY 0 #555 5 12,703
KW Girls 0 #556 6 19,177
CM Girls 0 #560 1 11,671
CM Boys 0 #567 9 12,054
IL Boys 0 #575 33 10,983
CL Boys 0 #576 90 13,390
BH 0 #583 5 17,937
AE Girls 0 #594 4 20,968
AR Girls 0 #628 3 8,289
SG Girls 0 #631 2 18,916
IL Girls 0 #640 6 11,648
HK Girls 0 #648 3 16,104
IN Girls 0 #650 5 13,121
IQ Boys 0 #658 10 13,071
Finland Boys 2026 #678 5 3,552
SG Boys 0 #678 20 17,960
QA Boys 0 #685 23 18,093
LB 0 #686 5 13,263
IT 0 #693 22 4,183
KW Boys 0 #751 19 18,755
SY 0 #759 9 11,684
BR Boys 0 #778 8 12,213
TN 0 #809 21 13,765
CO Boys 0 #814 107 15,656
NL Boys 0 #854 98 5,873
EG Boys 0 #862 25 15,035
MX Boys 0 #863 120 16,355
OM Boys 0 #863 19 17,948
United States Boys 2020 #894 5 7,187
CL Girls 0 #911 5 14,098
SA Girls 0 #920 16 25,931
Germany Boys 0 #934 19 5,697
Spain Girls 0 #953 31 5,561
IN Boys 0 #967 35 16,750
NG Boys 0 #999 3 16,906
EG Girls 0 #1,006 4 14,742
PE Girls 0 #1,006 5 14,861
MY Girls 0 #1,064 9 24,821
AE Boys 0 #1,066 27 22,615
MY Boys 0 #1,067 45 25,439
MA 0 #1,074 55 20,986
DZ 0 #1,095 82 20,130
CO Girls 0 #1,148 5 16,140
ZA Boys 0 #1,169 10 25,619
MX Girls 0 #1,173 11 17,781
TR 0 #1,189 23 19,440
IT Boys 0 #1,215 257 10,046
ZA Girls 0 #1,235 2 25,928
IT Girls 0 #1,420 27 9,415
SA Boys 0 #1,475 140 28,008

Pol is popular in 76 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Wallonia, Belgium
Flanders, Belgium
United States
Ireland

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People also ask about Pol

Pol is predominantly a boy's name.
Pol is a one syllable name, pronounced English: /pɒl/ or /pɔːl/; Catalan/Dutch/Breton: /pol/; Irish (Pól): /pɔːl/.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Pól (Irish), Pål (Norwegian), Pau (Catalan) and Polo (Spanish diminutive).
Across languages, Pol has these equivalents: Paul (English/French), Pablo (Spanish), Paolo (Italian), Paulo (Portuguese), Pavel (Russian/Czech), and 2 more.
Yes, very popular — Pol ranked #1 in Ireland in 1990, and appears in official birth registries across 5 countries.
Pol ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 1990).
Pol's popularity is rising significantly. It moved from #390 in 2011 to #377 in 2021 in France.