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Pavel.

a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

5 characters2 syllables approx.Čeština language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈpavɛl]

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

    animate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Probably through a late Common Slavic or Church Slavonic form, itself possibly coming through a Byzantine Greek intermediate (compare Russian Па́вел (Pável), Ukrainian Павло (Pavlo)).

name[ˈpavɛl]

  1. a male surname

    animate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Probably through a late Common Slavic or Church Slavonic form, itself possibly coming through a Byzantine Greek intermediate (compare Russian Па́вел (Pável), Ukrainian Павло (Pavlo)).

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