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