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Nice! I too was intrigued by his unusual name, and went on a quest to see if he had it changed from the more common "Paul Swanson". It's a very interesting cho
by mdonahoe 6y ago
Nice! I too was intrigued by his unusual name, and went on a quest to see if he had it changed from the more common "Paul Swanson".
It's a very interesting choice to just swap the letters like that instead of going for a completely different name.
It would be funny if his name gets included in a crossword puzzle, and people second guess the spelling.
- wolfhumble 6y agoI don't know anything about him or his decision to change from Paul to Saul, but Paul/Saul is on of the most important Christian apostles. As both Jew and Roman citizen, his Jewish name was Saul (from the Jewish king Saul in the Old Testament maybe?) and his Roman name was Paul. So just changing the first letter might not be completely random. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle#Names