Definition of "Paul"

Paul

/pɔːl/

proper noun
1. In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
  Quotations
  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Acts 13:9
2. A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
  Quotations
  'He will be christened Paul, my - Mrs Dombey - of course.'She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.'
  1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Dombey and Son: Chapter 1”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A place name:
  1. An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
  2. A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A village south of Newlyn, Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627).
  5. A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.