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Paulo

/PAH-oo-loh/Lingala & Swahili · a boy’s name

“Small or humble”

In Lingala

How to say it
PAH-oo-loh
Given to
Boys
Used in
DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
How common
common

From the same family

01Pauline“Humble, gentle, and grounded”Lingalafemale→︎

In Swahili

How to say it
POW-loh
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
common · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

PauloPaul