Pavle
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAHV-leh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Pavle is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “small”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Pavle mean?
Latin: Serbian, Macedonian and Georgian form of Paul
“small”
The Serbian, Macedonian and Georgian form of Paul, from Latin Paulus 'small'.
Is Pavle a girl's or a boy's name?
Pavle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pavle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Pavle, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Pavle in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pavle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Pavle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Krishiv Vihaan Shivansh Atharv Veer Ivaan Viraj Advik Vivaan Avi
Names related to Pavle
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Pavle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pavle, updated 20 October 2026.