Name meaning and origin

Paul

Latin: Small, humble

Where the name comes from

  • Latin
    Small, humble
    Paulus (small)

Paul across traditions

  • Christian. Apostle Paul, converted persecutor, author of Epistles
  • Catholic. Saint Paul, co-patron of Rome with Peter

Who carried it

  • Saint Paul the Apostle (5-67 CE): Transformed Christianity, wrote major Epistles

Forms in other languages

Pablo, Paolo, Pavel, Pavlos, Saul (birth name)

Paul in letter-number systems

Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.

117
Hebrew Standard
9
Hebrew Ordinal
50
English Simple
300
English Sumerian
58
English Reverse
511
Greek Isopsephy
9
Chaldean
5
Pythagorean

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