Meaning: Small but mighty — humble strength and greatness
Origin: Latin
Gender: Boy
Rank in Ireland: #7
Total births: 34,465
History: Paul became hugely popular in Ireland from the 1960s onward, coinciding with devotion to Pope Paul VI and the modernising spirit of Vatican II. Irish Pauls have excelled in sport, with Paul McGrath becoming one of the most beloved footballers in Irish history during Italia '90. Paul Muldoon from County Armagh won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The name peaked in the 1970s when it seemed every classroom in Dublin and beyond had at least two Pauls.
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