Paolo

Where Paolo comes from

Borrowed from Italian Paolo. Doublet of Paul.
— Wiktionary's entry for Paolo
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,589 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Peak, #1,205
    57 babies named Paolo — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Paul.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.