Entry № 1890 · Latin, English origin

Pauli Pauli — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ POL-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin, English
Meaning
"Small (lawyer-priest-poet Pauli Murray)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "small (lawyer-priest-poet pauli murray)".

Pauli is a diminutive of Paul — from Latin paulus ("small, humble"). **Pauli Murray (1910-1985)** was the **African-American lawyer, poet, civil rights activist, and the first Black person ordained an Episcopal priest** (and the first Black woman). **Her legal scholarship influenced Thurgood Marshall's Brown v. Board strategy** and **Ruth Bader Ginsburg credited her as a co-author** of the brief that established sex discrimination as constitutional violation. **Coined the term "Jane Crow."**

Posthumously recognized as a saint by the Episcopal Church.

Small. Civil rights lawyer-poet-priest who coined 'Jane Crow.'

The name in its native script.

Pauli
Transliteration
Pauli
Pronunciation
/ ˈpɔː.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pauli stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Pauli · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Paulis before her.

Real people
Pauli Murray
Civil rights lawyer-priest-poet.
1910 – 1985
In fiction
Pauli
Subject of My Name Is Pauli Murray.
2021 documentary

Names connected to Pauli.

The number behind Pauli.

8

The Authority

Pauli reduces to eight — the number of Jane Crow coiner.

Why families chose this name.

"Civil rights priest. Five letters. Pauli."
Catherine · Mother of one · Durham