Poul

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒʊ̯l])

Poul

1. A male given name, cognate with English Paul.

• (male given names) Paul, Paulus, Povl
• (feminine forms) Paula, Pauline, Poula, Pouline
• (surnames) Paulsen, Poulsen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 65 832 males with the given name Poul have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Poul m

1. A male given name.

Patronymics

• son of Poul: Poulsson
• daughter of Poul: Poulsdóttir

From Old High German pfāl, ultimately from Latin pālus, possibly via a Proto-Germanic intermediate. Cognate with German Pfahl, Dutch paal, English pole, Swedish påle.

• IPA^(key): /pəʊ̯l/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Poul m (plural Péil)

1. stake
2. post

From Old French Paul, brought to England by the Normans, itself from Latin Paulus.

• IPA^(key): /puːl/

Poul

1. A male given name.
   • Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: Prologue:

     And ran to Londoun unto Seinte Poules

• English: Paul