Paulina

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Paulina is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name281K records spelled Paulina27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Brazil, Ecuador

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Paulína, Päülïnä, Paulīna, Páulina, Päülïñã

• Swahili given name31K records spelled Paulina8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Paulína

• French given name19K records spelled Paulina8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Peru

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Pauliña, Paulína, Paulinà, Paùlîna, Paülina

• Indonesian given name18K records spelled Paulina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Peru, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Paulina

• Finnish given name11K records spelled Paulina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Slovenia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Päülïnä, Päulïnä, Pàulìnà

• a separate given name8.7K records spelled Paulina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Ecuador

  Also written Pauliņa, Paulína

• English given name4.9K records spelled Paulina87 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Pauline, פולין, Poland, พอลลีน, Paulin

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Paulina is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Latin feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO ), borne by several minor early martyrs.

  as a word

• In Finnish, essive singular of Pauli

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Divdīgļlapju klases rožu apakšklases sapindu rindas sapindu dzimtas ģints ("Pailina"), kas sastopama Dienvidamerikā un no tiem iegūst dzērienu, kas satur kofeīnu

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marion Steinb. 1926ATnot in their usual nameAustrian-born British concert pianist
• Polly Bergenb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1930-2014)
• Paulina Garcíab. 1960CLChilean actress (born 1960)
• Paulina Rubiob. 1971MXMexican singer (born 1971)
• Paulina Andreyevab. 1988RURussian actress
• Eliot Sumnerb. 1990GBnot in their usual nameBritish musician
• Paulina Gotob. 1991MXMexican actress and singer
• Paulina Gaitánb. 1992MXMexican actress
• Paulina Vega Dieppab. 1993COColombian beauty pageant titleholder
• Paulina Chávezb. 2002USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,273 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Paulina?

We estimate roughly 304 thousand people bear Paulina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Paulina have the most bearers?

Paulina is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled paulina.

Where is Paulina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Paulina is densest in Poland — about 1 in 171 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Paulina compared with other names?

In Mexico, Paulina is the 207th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Paulina a male or female name?

Paulina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Paulina mean?

Recorded meaning: Paulina är en femininform till det latinska Paulinus, som i sin tur är en bildning till Paulus (→ Paul).