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Pal

What does Pal mean?

Pal Pronunciation of Pal as a boys' name is a Latin name, and the name Pal means "small". Pal is a version of Paul (Latin).

STARTS WITH Pa-

ASSOCIATED WITH small (little)

Variations

VARIANTS Poul, Poll, Pol, Pawel, Pauel

RELATIONS VIA PAUL Havel, Paavo, Pablo, Paolo, Pasha, Pauli, Paulie, Paulin, Paulo, Paulos, Paulus, Pauly, Pavel, Pavle, Pavlik, Pavlo

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Pal Gerardo (P.G.), ..

How popular is Pal?

Pal is a rare given name for men but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#12845 out of 150436, Top 9%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Pablo (#420 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Paolo, Paul (#234), Paulo (#1758) and Pavel are the prominent varying forms of Pal (NOT IN TOP 2000). Other forms, like Poll, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Pal was more pronounced among parents in the 1960s (ADOPTION OF 1.3%) and is now much less (ADOPTION 0.1%, 89.3%), with the version Paul becoming less fashionable. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Pablo, Paolo, Paul, Paulo, Pavel in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Paul outside U.S.

Similar Names

Pal is alike in pronunciation to Pall, Peal, Peale, Peall, Pealle, Peel, Peele, Pell and Powel. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Cal, Dal, Gal, Hal, Pali, Par, Pat, Paz, Sal, Tal and Val. These names tend to be more commonly used than Pal.

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