Pau
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- POW
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Pau is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “small, humble”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Pau mean?
Latin: Catalan form of Paul
“small, humble”
Catalan form of Paul, borne by the cellist Pau Casals; pau is also the Catalan word for 'peace'.
Is Pau a girl's or a boy's name?
Pau is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Pau in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Pau, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Pau in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Pau in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Pau, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 5 girls were also named Pau in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Pau than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Pau in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pau in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
Names like Pau
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Pau
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pau: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pau, updated 20 October 2026.