Pol Forename

24,449th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 35,529 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pol Forename Definition:

The Gaelic form of Paul.

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Pol Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain
100%
19,6801:2,364312
Belgium
100%
5,8021:1,980448
India
85%
 
1,4901:815,35456,807
Philippines
99%
 
1,4311:74,0814,643
Russia
94%
 
8871:162,6082,615
France
100%
7981:83,2962,006
Thailand
99%
 
7451:94,0488,121
Poland
93%
 
5181:73,4111,760
Saudi Arabia-4661:66,1217,124
Bangladesh-4581:348,16914,530
Netherlands
100%
3651:46,3073,255
Cambodia
90%
 
3111:52,3263,107
United States
91%
 
2741:1,323,12825,230
Peru
100%
2251:141,2954,325
Luxembourg
100%
2131:2,648380
Papua New Guinea
89%
 
1311:62,2315,981
Austria
100%
1171:72,7711,814
Canada
100%
1021:324,83710,123
Indonesia-981:2,632,282125,447
England
82%
 
971:573,22611,609
Italy
88%
 
811:753,8537,100
Uzbekistan
100%
781:394,6987,244
Belarus
96%
 
721:131,7001,278
Ukraine
95%
 
711:640,8442,535
DR Congo
89%
 
681:1,085,70031,208
Mexico
96%
 
621:2,002,32911,924
Germany
100%
601:1,611,29810,294
Malaysia
60%
 
491:621,42725,302
Ireland
100%
481:96,7402,437
Brazil
100%
461:4,657,30874,565
Kazakhstan
100%
441:403,3376,566
Ivory Coast
75%
 
321:721,12323,757
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
Bulgaria
95%
 
291:241,0485,534
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Scotland
100%
271:198,1623,518
Greece-241:455,6066,422
Cameroon
70%
 
221:982,29626,157
Venezuela
100%
221:1,372,81326,977
South Korea
100%
191:291,8129,421
Colombia-181:2,654,38519,614
Albania
100%
161:190,41110,160
Australia-161:853,60110,910
Burkina Faso
67%
 
161:1,148,71730,311
Afghanistan
69%
 
141:2,330,25119,281
Argentina
100%
141:3,055,2329,516
Sweden
100%
141:704,13615,982
Costa Rica
100%
131:366,7656,353
Turkey
100%
131:5,984,74724,872
Andorra-121:6,907529
Pakistan
85%
 
121:16,196,47390,643
Estonia-111:119,5804,476
Georgia
95%
 
111:339,8617,323
Azerbaijan
100%
91:1,071,43815,295
Nigeria
100%
91:19,729,373174,791
South Sudan
100%
91:1,283,4471,308
Switzerland
61%
 
81:1,026,68712,013
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Croatia-71:602,4396,285
Hungary
100%
71:1,398,8243,444
Israel-71:1,200,41715,461
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Iran-61:13,082,81133,089
Singapore
100%
61:1,047,84215,242
Vietnam-61:15,437,1864,625
Armenia
100%
51:583,7516,330
Honduras-51:1,763,49315,274
Moldova
100%
51:712,2283,885
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Uruguay-51:685,5277,487
Wales
100%
51:618,8627,373
Algeria-41:9,544,18014,095
Comoros-41:190,335532
Egypt
100%
41:22,975,23627,891
Faroe Islands-41:12,2821,318
North Macedonia-41:522,6899,487
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Puerto Rico-41:887,5754,962
South Africa
100%
41:13,633,162197,070
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Northern Ireland
100%
31:614,3822,910
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
Guatemala
100%
31:5,369,4769,171
Norway
100%
31:1,710,77619,445
Bhutan
100%
21:412,4644,948
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Cyprus-21:435,5383,859
Czechia
98%
 
21:5,328,0818,108
Kyrgyzstan
100%
21:2,986,63834,954
Lebanon-21:2,813,78613,895
Montenegro-21:317,2883,822
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Mauritania
100%
11:4,095,23927,701
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Northern Cyprus-11:318,1333,044
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
San Marino-11:32,920787
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Zimbabwe-11:15,423,817113,731

The alternate forms: Pól (81) & Pôl (1) are calculated separately.

Pol (47,849) may also be a surname.

Pol Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The Gaelic form of Paul.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

This name means 'modest'.

- nektariosp99

Pol Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pól8981/
Pôl891/
Poul8645,844/
Phol8631,762/
Pole868,541/
Pool863,252/
Puol861,304/
Poll86398/
Poel86173/
Pohl8685/
Poil8635/
Polt8630/
Polh8629/
Pold8628/
Potl867/
Polė866/
Ppol865/
Polp864/
Pojl862/
Bpol861/
Posl861/
Poyl861/
Påol861/
Polë861/
Poél861/
Poël861/
Phool7580,481/
Phole75397/
Polle75313/
Poole75181/
Poule75141/
Pholl75123/
Potel7568/
Pfohl7544/
Phoul7542/
Potil7540/
Pooll7539/
Phoel7538/
Poull7534/
Polhe7518/
Phhol7517/
Pogli7511/
Posel7510/
Posle7510/
Phuol759/
Posil759/
Poill756/
Pholt756/
Pohul756/
Poile756/
Pould754/
Pocel754/
Pfool754/
Pholh753/
Poold753/
Poyle753/
Pootl753/
Poolt753/
Phold752/
Pollt752/
Bpoul751/
Phoil751/
Pholp751/
Posyl751/
Poell751/
Pohhl751/
Poisl751/
Poitl751/
Pouhl751/
Ppole751/
Ppool751/
Polll751/
Poojl751/
Phgol751/
Vpool751/
Hpool751/
Hppol751/
Poltt751/
Polpp751/
Ppojl751/
Pal67111,106/
Pál6754,004/
Pul673,569/
Poulle6741/
Phoole6731/
Polowa6713/
Phooll6712/
Poselt677/
Pàl676/
Phoule675/
Phosil674/
Pottel673/
Possel673/
Photil673/
Poutel672/
Pãl672/
Bhpool671/
Bphool671/
Phogli671/
Pholle671/
Phoold671/
Possil671/
Potlet671/
Pottil671/
Pochil671/
Poggil671/
Poisel671/
Poutil671/
Poogli671/
Polova671/
Poseld671/
Pocelt671/
Posiel671/
Pottlt671/
Paoljo671/
Paowlh671/
Pewoal671/

Pol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pol in the Russian language
Полpol-

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