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Etymology of Pauli

What does the name Pauli mean?

The surname Pauli comes from the personal name Paolo, the Italian equivalent of Paul. The popularity of this name was originally due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures.

Early Origins of the Pauli family

The surname Pauli was first found in the port city of Genoa. Early records list the physician Gherardo de Paolo, as "one of the 12 wisest men in Genoa in 1315."

Early History of the Pauli family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pauli research. Another 24 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1419, 1603, 1642, 1681, 1720, 1798 and 1837 are included under the topic Early Pauli History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pauli Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Paoli, Paolo, Paola, Pauli, Poli, Polo, De Paoli, De Paolis, Paulich, Paolella, Paolillo, Paulillo, Pavolillo, Paoletti, Pauletti, Pauletto, Poletti, Poletto, Polet, Paolini, Paolin, Paolinelli, Paulini, Paulin, Polini, Pavolini, Paolucci, Paulucci, Polucci, Pauluzzi, Poluzzi, Paolicchi, Paolotti, Polotti, Polotto, Paolozzi, Paoloni, Paolone, Paulon, Poloni, Polon, Paolacci, Polacci, Paulazzi, Polazzi, Paolanti, Polato, Polesso, Paoleiri and many more.

Early Notables of the Pauli family

Prominent among members of the family was Paolo da Firenze (d. 1419), Italian composer, theorist, and monk, a member of the Camaldolese order; Aretino Paolo, a 16th century church musician, composer, and choirmaster of the Arezzo Cathedral; Pietro Paolini (1603-1681), an Italian painter of the Baroque period...
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Pauli Ranking

In the United States, the name Pauli is the 15,088th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Pauli migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pauli Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Friedrich Pauli, who landed in Georgia in 1735 2
  • Nicklas Pauli, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1756 2
  • Paulus Pauli, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764 2
  • Mathias Pauli, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1772 2
Pauli Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Johan Christoph Pauli, aged 35, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 2
  • Charlota Pauli, aged 1, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 2
  • Dorethea Helena Pauli, aged 33, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1805 2
  • George Pauli, who arrived in New York in 1838 2
  • Peter Pauli, who landed in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Bohemia" 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Pauli Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Abram C. Pauli, aged 36, who landed in America, in 1911
  • Alfred Pauli, aged 52, who immigrated to the United States, in 1911
  • Amalie Pauli, aged 5, who landed in America from Zeithain, Germany, in 1922

Contemporary Notables of the name Pauli (post 1700) +

  • Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), Austrian-born American physicist, who won the 1945 Nobel Prize for work on atomic fissions
  • Karl E. Pauli (1891-1978), American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1920 3
  • Bill Pauli, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 2008 3
  • Alice Pauli (1922-2022), Swiss gallery owner, sculptor and visual artist
  • Arthur Pauli (b. 1989), Austrian ski jumper
  • Hansjörg Pauli (b. 1931), Swiss musicologist, writer, and music critic
  • Gabriele Pauli (b. 1957), German politician
  • Reinhold Pauli (1823-1882), German historian
  • Pauli Ellefsen (b. 1936), Faroese politician and member of the Union Party, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1981-1985)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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