Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Little one Boy name variations Paul Pol Pawl Pablo Paolo Pauly Pauley Pawley Pavel Pavlo Paulo Paulus Powell Pal Family name origins & meanings Scottish, English, and French : from a pet form of Paul. In America, the French form has sometimes been Americanized as Poland.German : derivative of the personal name Paulinus, found especially in the Rhineland.