Baby name
CLASSIC
🇨🇿 🇷🇺 Pavel
/PAH · vel/
Meaning
“Russian”
Russian, Czech, and Slovak form of Paul, from Latin Paulus meaning 'small'; the Slavic form carries the name's simplicity into Eastern European cultures with ease.
Nicknames
pasha · pasha
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Clean and cross-cultural; ages well as a Slavic classic.
The cultural moment.
Long-established across Russia, Czech Republic, and Slovakia; stable throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.