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Paulina

feminine

88First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction
Evidence coverageHigh

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Latin, feminine form of Paulinus, itself derived from the Roman family name Paulus ("small").

Why it works

  • English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #784 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Paulina means "Small", "humble", or "modest" — the feminine form of Paulinus, itself a derivative of the Roman family name Paulus, from Latin paulus ("small").

Documented origin: Latin, feminine form of Paulinus, itself derived from the Roman family name Paulus ("small").

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englishpaw-LEE-nuh (/pɔː.lˈiː.nə/), per general English dictionary/aggregator sources; Spanish pronunciation is [pauˈlina] — English (US); Spanish variant separately documentedresearched pronunciation
TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

Spanish: [pauˈlina]

Polish: /pawˈli.na/

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #784 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

  • Spelling note: Paulena.
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