MEANING & HISTORY
What does Pol mean?
The editorial Pol entry explicitly identifies the name as the Catalan form of Paul. The linked Paul account derives its family from Roman Paulus, small.
The short spelling is therefore an established language form; it should not be assumed to be an abbreviation of an unrelated Philippine bearer’s longer name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Pol in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
POLCSV record 9,955 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Pol in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Pol
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Polo♂Venetian form of Paolo; small
- Poldo♂Short form of Leopoldo; people and bold-name family
- Polly♀Rhyming familiar form of Molly or Mary
- Poloy♂Familiar form of Crispulo or Apollonio
- Pons♂French form of the Roman name Pontius
- Poleng♀Philippine familiar form of Paulina or Paula
- Pocholo·Spanish word reading: attractive or pleasant
- Polonio·As a Spanish word: the element polonium
What rhymes with Pol?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Pol further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name — Pol (opens in a new tab)
Exact Catalan Paul relationship.
- Behind the Name — Paul (opens in a new tab)
Roman Paulus and small gloss.