Pol
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- POL
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Pol is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “small”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Pol mean?
Latin: Catalan, Breton and Dutch form of Paul
“small”
St Paul Aurelian, known in Brittany as Pol, gave his name to Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
Is Pol a girl's or a boy's name?
Pol is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pol in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Pol, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Pol in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Pol in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Pol
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sol, Myles, Luca, Jude, Rome, Vinnie, Jules, Roman, Felix, Paul, Laurie, Pablo
Names related to Pol
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pol: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pol, updated 20 October 2026.