Pau
A boys’ name of Hawaiian origin, meaning finished; completed; breath.
Babies a year
40
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Pau by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Pau. In the US, 40 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pau. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean life
Like Pau, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.