Girl · Latin
Paulina
Say it: paw-LEE-nuh
Meaning
Feminine of Paulinus, derived from Paulus 'small'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Roman derived name popular in Napoleonic France as Pauline and in modern Poland and Russia.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 18,351 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 2,200 girls
- 327 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Paolina |
|---|---|
| French | Pauline |
| Spanish | Paulina |
| Polish | Paulina |
| Russian | Polina |
Famous bearers
- Pompeia Paulina, wife of Seneca
- Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.