Pole
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/poʊl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pole is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 9.1Kas Poly(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 346Kas Polo
- PLPoland1 in 716as Pola
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pole itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 115 (measured from records)
- 1 in 716 (inferred from the name graph)
53,481 named Pola, 2026
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland, as Pola
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Poly in ES Spain, US United States, BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pole 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | — | 53,481as Pola | 1 in 716 | 53K | — | — |
| ES Spain | — | 23,717as Pol | 1 in 2.1K | 24K | Poly | 12 |
| BD Bangladesh | #557 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | listed | Poly | 33 |
| US United States | — | 961as Polo | 1 in 346K | 4K | Poly | 115 |
| AL Albania | — | 857as Pal | 1 in 3.6K | 857 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 581as Pil | 1 in 10K | 572 | — | — |
53,481 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pole is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, inhabitant of Poland
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Russian, "field."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Afrikaans, Poland (a country in Central Europe; capital and largest city: Warskou)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In szl, field (open earth, especially for cultivation)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hrx, Poland (a country in Central Europe)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolkb. 1396GB15th-century English noble
- Margaret Poleb. 1473GBEnglish peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)
- Reginald Poleb. 1500GBEnglish cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronetb. 1757GBBritish naval officer and colonial governor (1757-1830)
- Reginald Blundellb. 1871AUnot in their usual nameAustralian politician (1871-1945)
- Leon Poleb. 1871Australian painter (1871–1951)
- Rupert Poleb. 1919USLiterary executor of Anaïs Nin
- Tad Poleb. 1971USAmerican pornographic actor, film director, and producer
- Iveta Poleb. 1981LVLatvian actress
- William de la PoleGBBritish judge and private banker (1300-1366)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 881 | #28,736 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 800 | #28,166 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 774 | #30,250 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 22 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 22 | #85,410 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 18 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 18 | #96,412 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 12 | #109,635 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 8 | #46,692 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pole mean, and where does it come from?
- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Pole?
- A machine transcription gives /poʊl/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Pole?
- In Poland, the national register counted 53,481 people named Pola in 2026, about 1 in 716 residents.
- How common is Pole compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Pole is the 557th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Pole have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 53 thousand people named Pola, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Pole most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Pole itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Poland's: the national register counts about 1 in 716 people named Pola.
What do you want to know about Pole?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/poleThe 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, “Pole” — the 557th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.