Paolina
Only 16 women in Poland carry Paolina, so most Poles have never met one. The Latin root reads "small, humble", an Italian form that stays vanishingly rare with no newborns in recent years.
Paolina Pronunciation
Paolina is pronounced pah-o-LEE-nah (/paɔˈlina/).
What Paolina means
Where Paolina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Paolina comes from Latin. The root is Paulus, an old Roman name meaning small or humble. Roman families gave it to a child, and the sense of modest size stayed. The Italian Paolo grew from that root, and Paolina is its feminine form. So the English meaning stays plain: small, humble.
The name traveled well in Italy. Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon, carried it into the courts of Europe and sat for the sculptor Antonio Canova. He carved her as a reclining Venus. Her marble portrait still draws visitors in Rome. That fame gave a humble name a worldly edge.
In Poland the form arrives softer. A teacher reading a class register might pause at Paolina before the more common Paulina. Both trace back to Paulus, the Latin word for small.
How many people are named Paolina
1 in 1408990 women in Poland is named Paolina. 16 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #11684 among female names.
Paolina as a middle name
Paolina is a first name for 16 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4338th, between Pamella (4) and Paradise (4).
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#4336 Paidamoyo4
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#4337 Pamella4
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#4338 Paolina4
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#4339 Paradise4
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#4340 Paramita4