First name origin & meaning: Scandinavian: Small Last name origins & meanings:
- Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name, from
Sanskrit pāla ‘protector’, ‘keeper’, ‘guard’, ‘herdsman’
(compare gopāla ‘cowherd’), an epithet of the god Krishna
and a common personal name. A Pala dynasty that was founded by one
Gopala in the 8th century ruled in Bengal and Bihar until the 12th
century.
- Hungarian (Pál): from the personal name
Pál, Hungarian form of Paul.
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