Povilas
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Iš krikšto vardo Pėvilas
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: Þjóðskrá Íslands, 2026
/povʲɪɫɐs̪/(machine-generated) Lithuanian · model-generated
Povilas is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Lithuania than in any other country, where it is the 67th most common given name.
- LTLithuania≈1 in 320(inferred from the name graph)
- ISIceland1 in 13K
- DKDenmark1 in 147K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Lithuania (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 124 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 317 (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Lithuania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Iš krikšto vardo Pėvilas. POVILAUSKAS, Povilaiskas Bbl, Brž, Bsg 3, Gdž 4, Jsv 3, Kdn 4, Kn, Krkn, Nj 7, Pbr 3, Ps, Raud, Rm, Sml 2, Srv, Šd 2, Ukm, Vb 5, Všk 5; -aūskis Klm, Šlv 3; -iduskas, -iaūskas Pš 3, Žml 2; -iduckas Pkr; -0vskis Gdž, Šlu (of. Powelovskj) (59). Greičiausiai suslavinta iš Povilditis, Povilonis (Žr.) ar pan.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Vanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Povilas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT Lithuania | #67 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 317 | 22K | Povilas | 124 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 67K | 518 | Povilas | 19 |
| US United States | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 4.4M | — | Povilas | 79 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Povilas | 29 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | listed | Povilas | 44 |
| SE Sweden | — | 57 | 1 in 179K | 57 | Povilas | 10 |
| DK Denmark | — | 40 | 1 in 147K | 40 | — | 1 |
| IS Iceland | — | 27 | 1 in 13K | 27 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 62K | 6 | Povilas | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Registrų centras — top-50 given names; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Povilas Plechavičiusb. 1890LTGeneral of the Lithuanian Army (1890–1973)
- Povilas Gylysb. 1948LTLithuanian economist and politician
- Povilas Vanagasb. 1970LTLithuanian ice dancer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)20 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Povilas?
- In the etymology graph, Paul is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Povilas?
- In Lithuanian /povʲɪɫɐs̪/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Povilas a male or female name?
- Povilas is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Lithuania (Registrų centras) and Norway (SSB).
- What does the name Povilas mean?
- Recorded meaning: Iš krikšto vardo Pėvilas.
- Which countries have the most people named Povilas?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.1 thousand people named Povilas in Lithuania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled povilas. After it come Norway, United States, Germany and United Kingdom; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Povilas?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 57 people named Povilas, about 1 in 179 thousand residents.
- How common is Povilas compared with other names?
- In Lithuania, Povilas is the 67th most common given name of 5,944 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/povilasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Povilas” — the 67th most common given name in Lithuania. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.