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Paul

Paul ranks #307 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 7 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #648 among boy dog names.
Paul's popularity trend

Paul's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2017.

0.01%0.02%0.03%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
7
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#307
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−361
2014 → 2019
Gender split
98% male
2% female98% male

Gender split comes from 42 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Paul mean?
/pɔl/1 syllableOrigin: Latin

Paul means “small” (from Latin paulus).

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Paul shows up

Cats named Paul per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.03%
TorontoON, CA0.02%