Paulina

Where Paulina comes from

From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.
— Wiktionary's entry for Paulina
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #547 among girls — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1971
    Paulina Rubio born
    Mexican singer
  3. 2002
    Paulina Chávez born
    American actress
  4. 2002
    Peak, #365
    822 babies named Paulina — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #722.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Paulina Rubio · Mexican singer, born 1971
  • Paulina Chávez · American actress, born 2002
  • Paulina Vega · Colombian beauty pageant titleholder, born 1993
  • Paulina Chiziane · Mozambican writer, born 1955
  • Paulina Luisi · Uruguayan doctor, teacher, politician, and feminist activist, 1875–1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.