Pauls is a Latvian masculine given name; a cognate of the name Paul. People bearing the name Pauls include: Pauls Butkēvičs (born 1940), Latvian actor Pauls Dauge (1869–1946), Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary activist and writer Pauls Kalniņš (1872–1945), Latvian physician and politician, former President of Latvia Pauls Kaņeps (1911–2006), Latvian cross-country skier Pauls Pujats (born 1991), Latvian pole vaulter and track and field athlete Pauls Putniņš (1937–2018), Latvian playwright, journalist and politician Pauls Sokolovs (1902–19??), Latvian footballer Pauls Stradiņš (1896–1958), Latvian professor, physician, and surgeon Pauls Stradiņš Jr (born 1963), Latvian-American physicist Pauls Svars (born 1998), Latvian ice hockey player Pauls Toutonghi (born 19??), American writer Pauls Valdens (1863–1957), Latvian chemist