Where does “Paulet” come from?

Paulet derives from English Paul, from Latin Paulus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-, a root meaning small or few.

Ancestry of “Paulet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPaulIn the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles
2LatinPaulusPaul
3Latinpauluslittle, small
4Latinpaullus
Every word from Latin paullus