Paulussen Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

The same name, two spellings: Paulussen and Pauls.

The family name meaning is “From Paulus, "small"”, the same as for Pauls. Paulussen adds -ussen to the root of Pauls, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Heraldry and the Paulussen name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Paulussen, so the heraldry linked to Pauls is a starting point, not an automatic right. Names that sound alike, such as Paulsen, are easily confused in old records.

Get the complete Paulussen report, with a museum-style coat of arms.