Paulis Family History
Paulis Name Meaning
Italian (Sardinia; Paùlis): plural form of the topographic name Pauli from Sardinian pauli ‘marsh’. Slovak; Czech (also Pauliš): variant of Pavlis and Pavliš and in North America also an altered form of these. The surname Paulis is also an Americanized form of the Croatian cognate Pavliš. German and Walloon: Latinized (humanistic) patronymic from the personal name Paul . As a surname of German origin it is also found in the German-speaking part of Wallonia (Belgium). Lithuanian: from the personal name Paulius an equivalent of Paul . Americanized form (or a variant transliteration) of Greek Pavlis . Shortened form of Italian De Paulis .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022