Johnpaul
Boy name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Johnpaul: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 3 births in 2011.
The name Johnpaul is a modern compound, formed by pairing the classic names John and Paul into a single given name. John derives from the Hebrew *Yochanan*, meaning "Yahweh is gracious," while Paul comes from the Latin *Paulus*, meaning "small" or "humble." The most famous bearer by far is Pope John Paul II (born Karol Wojtyła), whose 1978 election as pope popularised the double-barrelled style, particularly in Catholic families. No specific place shares the exact compound name, though both John and Paul are common in Scottish place names, such as the islands of St Kilda's St Paul's Bay. This compound is a distinctly 20th-century phenomenon in Scotland, appearing in birth records from the 1980s onward, and remains far less common than the separate names John and Paul given to siblings.
Boy 1 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20113 babies
- Latest (2011)
- #6483 babies
- Total births
- 3since 2011
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y