Poul Forename

19,879th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 45,844 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Poul Forename Definition:

The Anglo-Norman form of Paul.

Poul Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark-31,9701:17736
South Sudan
100%
3,9661:2,913417
Nigeria
100%
2,8731:61,8054,166
India
100%
1,5561:780,77055,132
Uganda
99%
 
4861:84,2734,122
United States
100%
4661:777,97617,744
Sweden
100%
4351:22,6621,519
Bangladesh-3671:434,50016,631
Greenland-3311:17021
Faroe Islands
100%
3191:1548
Norway
100%
2981:17,2231,118
Poland
100%
2831:134,3712,707
DR Congo
100%
2471:298,89711,934
South Africa
99%
 
1681:324,59917,894
Canada
100%
1661:199,5997,628
Netherlands
100%
1421:119,0295,690
Papua New Guinea
91%
 
1411:57,8185,576
Peru
100%
1351:235,4925,737
Philippines
100%
1311:809,23323,490
England
100%
1001:556,02911,378
Russia
92%
 
931:1,550,90011,415
Malaysia
100%
861:354,06917,214
Germany
100%
841:1,150,9278,487
Brazil
100%
831:2,581,15850,123
Zimbabwe
100%
831:185,82911,398
Kenya
99%
 
781:593,68115,370
Thailand
100%
631:1,112,15638,881
Mexico
100%
581:2,140,42112,376
Indonesia-541:4,777,105191,615
Portugal-461:226,3234,580
Lesotho
100%
381:53,6845,538
France
100%
351:1,899,15311,366
Estonia-341:38,6882,486
Chile
100%
281:628,8296,934
New Zealand-261:174,4635,979
Tanzania
100%
251:2,111,53322,092
Zambia-221:720,67213,846
Cameroon
78%
 
211:1,029,07227,052
Luxembourg
100%
201:28,2021,466
Australia-171:803,39010,545
Switzerland
100%
171:483,1477,811
Venezuela
100%
171:1,776,58232,368
China-131:105,081,21464,899
Belgium
100%
121:957,50311,814
Spain-121:3,877,49714,638
United Arab Emirates-121:595,99919,549
Finland
80%
 
111:498,4715,769
Singapore-111:571,55011,876
Argentina
100%
91:4,752,58312,276
Colombia-91:5,308,77029,121
Solomon Islands-81:72,6204,185
Belarus
100%
71:1,354,6266,726
Hong Kong-71:1,107,5326,332
Puerto Rico-71:507,1863,923
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
Taiwan-61:3,961,61468,952
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
Liberia
80%
 
51:882,41221,482
Scotland
100%
51:1,070,07310,235
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
El Salvador-41:1,585,4468,153
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Ukraine-41:11,374,97714,813
Uzbekistan-41:7,696,61011,277
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Cambodia-31:5,424,44341,412
Guatemala
100%
31:5,369,4769,171
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Turkey-31:25,933,90352,822
Vietnam-31:30,874,3715,995
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Kazakhstan-21:8,873,42235,327
Nepal-21:14,243,67686,069
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Armenia
100%
11:2,918,75314,910
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Czechia
88%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958

Poul (19,726) may also be a surname.

Poul Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The Anglo-Norman form of Paul.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Poul Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poule89141/
Phoul8942/
Poull8934/
Pouel8920/
Pohul896/
Pould894/
Bpoul891/
Pouhl891/
Pol8635,529/
Pul863,569/
Poulle8041/
Pouele8028/
Poujol8012/
Phoule805/
Poutel802/
Payoul801/
Poutil801/
Pouyol801/
Poujal801/
Paul756,916,349/
Phul7554,002/
Pule7531,814/
Phol7531,762/
Pole758,541/
Pool753,252/
Puol751,304/
Poll75398/
Pull75274/
Poel75173/
Pohl7585/
Putl7568/
Puld7538/
Peul7537/
Poil7535/
Bpul7533/
Puel7532/
Puul7530/
Polt7530/
Polh7529/
Puil7529/
Pold7528/
Pful7515/
Pulë7513/
Vpul7512/
Pult7511/
Pulp7510/
Potl757/
Puhl757/
Polė756/
Pgul756/
Pusl755/
Ppol755/
Polp754/
Pujl754/
Hpul752/
Pojl752/
Bpol751/
Posl751/
Poyl751/
Pulh751/
Puyl751/
Påol751/
Påul751/
Polë751/
Poél751/
Poël751/
Pouelle731/
Phousel731/
Phool6780,481/
Paule6741,974/
Phull672,522/
Phule671,286/
Paull67737/
Powel67597/
Phuul67581/
Phole67397/
Pulle67390/
Pahul67333/
Polle67313/
Putil67261/
Poole67181/
Pauel67138/
Pujal67131/
Putel67125/
Pholl67123/
Phaul67109/
Pugli6789/
Puyol6787/
Poyil6774/
Poyal6769/
Potel6768/
Pheul6762/
Hpaul6761/
Peulh6756/
Ppaul6754/
Pajul6752/
Pauld6749/
Payul6748/
Pfohl6744/
Potil6740/
Pooll6739/
Phoel6738/
Pusil6735/
Pajol6732/
Puyal6729/
Payol6726/
Paulė6725/
Pauul6725/
Pujol6724/
Paulh6724/
Pusle6723/
Pusel6723/
Piyol6720/
Pujil6720/
Pijol6720/
Polhe6718/
Peule6718/
Phhol6717/
Pojal6715/
Paiol6713/
Vpaul6713/
Phuel6712/
Pogli6711/
Pauyl6711/
Paiul6711/
Bpaul6710/
Pulhe6710/
Posel6710/
Posle6710/
Paulp679/
Poyel679/
Phuol679/
Puutl679/
Pujel679/
Posil679/
Phulp678/
Phuil678/
Poill676/
Pholt676/
Poile676/
Pojol676/
Pucil676/
Peyol675/
Pphul674/
Pocel674/
Pauhl674/
Phuld674/
Phult674/
Pfool674/
Phhul674/
Poiel674/
Pholh673/
Puile673/
Peual673/
Peyul673/
Poold673/
Poyle673/
Poyol673/
Pootl673/
Phulh673/
Poolt673/
Pojil672/
Paulì672/
Phold672/
Puyil672/
Pyoal672/
Pollt672/
Putlh672/
Pgujl672/
Bhpul671/
Phoil671/
Pholp671/
Pau'l671/
Pautl671/
Paulå671/
Posyl671/
Poell671/
Pohhl671/
Pohouele671/
Poisl671/
Poitl671/
Pojel671/
Ppole671/
Ppool671/
Polll671/
Poojl671/
Pahouele671/
Pejol671/
Pfhul671/
Pfuhl671/
Phgol671/
Peuol671/
Ȥpaul671/
Vpool671/
Vpull671/
Puild671/
Puilt671/
Puiol671/
Pyjol671/
Puthl671/
Hpool671/
Hppol671/
Puttl671/
Poltt671/
Polpp671/
Ppojl671/
Pucel671/
Paulë671/
Phutl671/

Poul Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poul in the Russian language
Поулpoul-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poul