Pauline

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled פולין in FR France, IL Israel and Paulina in EC Ecuador, LA Laos.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 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◐

Pauline is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.2M records spelled Pauline72 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Philippines

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Pau'Line, Pau-Line, Paul'Ine, Paulïne, Pàuline

• a separate given name47K records spelled Pauline2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Paulīne

• Finnish given name6.4K records spelled Pauline4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Pauliné

• Greek given name3.1K records spelled Pauline3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Sweden

  Also written Polin, Πωλιν

74 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●

Pauline is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• French form of the Latin name Paulina (feminine of Paulinus, a derivative of the family name Paulus ‘small’) that has long been common also in the Englishspeaking world, where it is now established as the most common feminine equivalent of jPaul.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, a female given name derived from Latin Paulina

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

• In French, Dérivé de Paul, du latin Paulus, « petit, humble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Forme féminine de Paul; du latin, « faible ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, pert, to St. Paul; pupil of St.

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

• Berthe Morisotb. 1841FRnot in their usual nameFrench painter (1841-1895)
• Mary of Teckb. 1867GBnot in their usual nameQueen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
• Princess Alice, Countess of Athloneb. 1883GBnot in their usual nameMember of the House of Windsor
• Pauline Kaelb. 1919USAmerican film critic (1919-2001)
• Pauline Baynesb. 1922GBEnglish illustrator of children's books (1922–2008)
• Marie Duboisb. 1937FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1937-2014)
• Pauline Collinsb. 1940GBBritish actress (1940–2025)
• Pauline Moranb. 1947GBBritish actress
• Pauline Maroisb. 1949CA30th Premier of Quebec (2012–2014)
• Sasha Cohenb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican figure skater

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 · 1,349 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pauline?

We estimate roughly 506 thousand people bear Pauline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Pauline have the most bearers?

We estimate about 224 thousand people bear Pauline in Poland, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Pauline most common?

Pauline is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 171 people carrying it.

How common is Pauline compared with other names?

In Singapore, Pauline is the 130th most common given name of 46,862 given names recorded there.

Is Pauline a male or female name?

Pauline 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 Pauline mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Paul from the derivative Paulinus.