Name
PAULA

Name PAULA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 676,197 births of Paula in the countries below, which represents an average of 4,762 births of children bearing the first name Paula per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 4,432 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Paula   
In Italiano Nome Paula   
Variations : Paola , Paôla , Pauletta , Pauline , Paulíne , Pavla , Pavlina , Pavlína , Pawlina


Information about the first name Paula

We celebrate Paula on January 26th
The first name Paula is listed in our categories :The first name Paula has been assigned to:
0.23% to boys
99.77% to girls
The country where the first name Paula is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 3 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Paula

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Paula : Alupa, Paul A

Paula in Japanese *

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Origin and meaning of name Paula

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Paula, feminine form of Paulus (“Paul”).
Anagrams src :
  • Lapua, Palau
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔːlə/
  • (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɑlə/
  • Hyphenation: Pau‧la
  • Rhymes: -ɔːlə
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General
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ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin Paula. Feminine form of Pablo.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaula/ [ˈpau̯.la]
  • Rhymes: -aula
  • Syllabification: Pau‧la
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PT Portuguese
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -awlɐ
  • Hyphenation: Pau‧la
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SE Swedish
Etymology src :
Anagrams src :
  • Palau
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Latin
Adjective src :
  • paulā
  • ablative feminine singular of paulus
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpau̯.la/, [ˈpäu̯ɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpau̯.la/, [ˈpäːu̯lä]
Proper noun (Declension) src :
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Finnic *pakla (compare Estonian pael, Ingrian pagla, Livvi paglu, Veps pagl, Votic paglõ), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz (compare German Fessel).
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Anagrams src :
  • Lapua, Palau, lupaa, paalu, palau, pulaa
Noun src :
  • paula
  • cord, lace, string
  • line of a gillnet
  • (hunting) snare, trap
  • (figuratively) snare, trap
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑu̯lɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝u̯lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pau‧la
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑu̯lɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝u̯lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Pau‧la
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • ottaa pauloihinsa (to carry away)
  • pauloittaa
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  • Paula is the 36th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 17,343 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,679 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
DK Danish
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DE German
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin Paula.
 

Popularity of the name Paula

Number of PAULA births per year

Popularity of the name Paula
Popularity of the name Paula

Total births of Paula by country

Births with the first name Paula
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
35
276,416
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
1,450
221,129
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
0
98,302
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
20,406
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
7,168
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
6,677
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
5,838
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
5,450
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
3
4,968
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
32
4,598
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
14
3,959
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
3,817
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
3,609
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
3,143
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
0
2,633
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
1,308
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
2
996
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
900
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
784
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
447
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1
316
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1
299
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
262
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
260
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
3
237
MDMoldova
2016 - 2022
0
182
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
0
175
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
157
HRCroatia
2018 - 2022
0
102
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
75
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
38
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
0
5
Popularity of the name Paula

Total births of Paula by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Paula
Country
Boys
Girls
ESSpain
2021
0
2,050
MXMexico
2021
0
599
DEGermany
2022
0
386
USUnited State of America
2022
0
291
ARArgentina
2015
0
253
ATAustria
2021
0
190
CLChili
2021
0
166
FRFrance
2022
0
136
LVLatvia
2022
0
113
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
79
PLPoland
2022
0
51
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
36
BEBelgium
2022
0
23
DKDenmark
2022
0
16
ITItaly
2021
0
11
NONorway
2022
0
9
ONOntario
2019
0
8
SESweden
2022
0
6
IEIreland
2022
0
4
ABAlberta
2022
0
3
QCQuebec
2022
0
1
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
1

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Personalities with the first name Paula

There are 177 personalities with the first name Paula

Paula Abdul (Paula Julie Abdul) src

United states of america
Singer-songwriter Television producer Musician Ballet dancer Actor Composer Singer Dancer Television actor Film actor Music journalist Journalist Voice actor Choreographer Recording artist

Paula Fernandes (Paula Fernandes De Souza) src

Brazil
Actor Singer-songwriter Musician Recording artist

Paula Patton (Paula Maxine Patton) src

United states of america
Actor Television actor Film actor

Paula Modersohn-Becker (Paula Becker) src

German empire
Artist Painter Printmaker Drawer

Paula-Mae Weekes src

Trinidad and tobago
Lawyer Politician Jurist

Paula Hitler src

Austria Nazi germany Austria-hungary Federal state of austria Republic of german-austria First republic of austria
Secretary Housekeeper

Paula Hawkins src

United kingdom
Writer Journalist Novelist

Paula Radcliffe src

United kingdom
Long-distance runner

Paula Pareto (Paula Belén Pareto) src

Argentina
Judoka Traumatologist

Paula Seling src

Romania
Disc jockey Singer Musician Songwriter


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Paula
Full list of personalities with the first name Paula

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Paula

There are 2330 actors and actresses with the first name Paula
Paula Gallego
Paula Hartmann
Paula Marie Rückert
Paula Knüpling
Paula Kroh
Paula Beer
Paula Edda Klein
Paula Romy
Paula Dalli
Paula Shy
Paula Pier
Paula Sartor
Paula Rojo
Paula Schramm
Paula Brancati
Paula Deanda
Paula Arbós
Paula Kohlmann
Paula Wik
Paula Birnbaum
Paula Kalenberg
Paula Settee
Paula Hans
Paula Reca
Paula Lane
Paula Rhodes
Paula Méndez
Paula Abdalla
Paula Peralejo
Paula Blanco

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Paula
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Paula

Rankings of first name PAULA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name PAULA (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#7ES Spain2021
#8LV Latvia2022
#46AT Austria2021
#78AR Argentina2015
#95CH Switzerland2021
#97CL Chili2021
#110MX Mexico2021
#161DE Germany2022
#183PL Poland2022
#263DK Denmark2022
#358NO Norway2022
#417FR France2022
#426BE Belgium2022
#817IE Ireland2022
#826US United State of America2022
#880SE Sweden2022
#889IT Italy2021
#973GB United Kingdom2021
#1200ON Ontario2019
#1276AB Alberta2022
#2681CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#8034QC Quebec2022
Other boys' names around Paula
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Other girls' names around Paula
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