Girl · Latin
Paola
Say it: PAH-oh-lah
Meaning
Feminine of Paolo, from Latin paulus 'small'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 23,449 babies given this name since 1950
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 1,700 girls
- 265 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Paula |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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