Pau

Meaning

small, humble (Catalan form of Paul), and separately the Catalan word for peace; the double meaning is why it endures

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Pau has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Pau

Chau Arnau Hieu Beau Tru Bru

The Pau deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Pau truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Pau fits with your family’s names and surname.

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