Pauline

English

Etymology 1

From French Pauline, in turn from Latin Paulina; in regular use since the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pô'lēn', IPA: /ˈpɔːˌliːn/, X-SAMPA: /"pO:%li:n/

Proper noun

Pauline

1. A female given name.
   • 1987 Betty Keller, Pauline: A Biography of Pauline Johnson, Formac Publ. Co. (1989), ISBN 088780151X, page 19:

     The youngest child of George and Emily Johnson was named Emily after her mother, and Pauline in honor of the only sibling of Emperor Napoleon of France, whose life was the object of George Johnson's consuming interest. - - - To make his point clearer, however, he always called her Pauline, reducing her first name to a preliminary initial. Her friends and siblings called her Paul or Polly.

Related terms

• Paula
• Paulina
• Paul (male equivalent)

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Pavlína (cs) f

• Macedonian: Павлина (mk) (Pavlína) f

Etymology 2

From Paul + -ine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pô'līn', IPA: /ˈpɔːˌlaɪn/, X-SAMPA: /"pO:%laIn/

Adjective

Pauline (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Apostle Paul, his writings, his doctrines, and the form of Christianity that arose from them.

Derived terms

• Pauline conversion

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Danish

Proper noun

Pauline

1. A female given name derived from Paulina.

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French

Proper noun

Pauline f

1. A female given name derived from Latin Paulina.

Anagrams

• paulien

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German

Proper noun

Pauline

1. A female given name derived from Paulina.