Pavlos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAHV-loss
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Pavlos is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “small”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Pavlos mean?
Latin: Greek form of Paul, from Latin Paulus
“small”
Pavlos is the Greek form of Paul, the apostle whose letters make up much of the New Testament.
Is Pavlos a girl's or a boy's name?
Pavlos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pavlos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Pavlos, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Pavlos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Pavlos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Pavlos in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Pavlos in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pavlos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Pavlos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Perez, Luca, Cruz, Pablo, Iago, Crue, Lorcan, Marco, Ezra, Magnus, Jago, Ares
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Pavlos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pavlos, updated 20 October 2026.