Poul \poul\ as a boy's name is a variant of Paul (Latin), and the meaning of Poul is "small".

The baby name Poul sounds like Poll and Pol. Other similar baby names are Roul, Noel, Col, Coll, Joel, Yoel, Lou, Noll, Pauly, Paulo, Pauli, Pauel, Pal, Peal, Peel, Pell, Pall, Perl, Phil, Pius, Pope, Powel, Raul, Raoul, Rowl, Saul and Sol.