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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Little one

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Pavilly in Seine-Maritime, which is named with the Gallo-Roman personal name Pavilius + the locative suffix -acum.
  • English : from a pet form of Paul.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of Pauli.

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