Paula

See also: paula

English

Etymology

From Latin Paula, feminine form of Paulus (“Paul”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːlə

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name.
   • 1977 Ruth Rendell, A Judgement in Stone, Vintage Books (2000), ISBN 0375704965, pages 106-107:

     Names are fascinating, aren't they? I love mine. I think my parents had very good taste calling us Peter and Paula and Melinda.

Usage notes

• Rather rare in English until early twentieth century. Before that, Paulina and Pauline were the normal English feminine forms of Paul.

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Paula f
• Czech: Pavla (cs) f
• Danish: Poula, Paula
• Estonian: Paula
• Finnish: Paula (fi)
• German: Paula (de)
• Italian: Paola (it)

• Latvian: Paula f
• Norwegian: Paula (no)
• Persian: پائولا (Pâolâ)
• Polish: Paulina (pl) f
• Spanish: Paula (es)
• Swedish: Paula (sv)

Anagrams

• Palau

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Paula.

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name of Latin origin. Variants: Poula, Pauline, Pouline.

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Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Paula.

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Paula. First recorded in the 16th century. By folk etymology sometimes associated with Finnish paula (“cord, ribbon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɑulɑ]
• Hyphenation: Pau‧la

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Paula (Kotus type 9/kala)

	singular	plural
nominative	Paula	Paulat
genitive	Paulan	Paulojen Paulainrare
partitive	Paulaa	Pauloja
accusative	Paulan	Paulat
inessive	Paulassa	Pauloissa
elative	Paulasta	Pauloista
illative	Paulaan	Pauloihin
adessive	Paulalla	Pauloilla
ablative	Paulalta	Pauloilta
allative	Paulalle	Pauloille
essive	Paulana	Pauloina
translative	Paulaksi	Pauloiksi
instructive	—	Pauloin
abessive	Paulatta	Pauloitta
comitative	—	Pauloineen

Related terms

• Pauliina

Anagrams

• lupaa, paalu, Palau, pulaa

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German

Etymology

From Latin Paula.

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Paulina, Pauline

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Latin

Proper noun

Paula f (genitive Paulae); first declension

1. A female given name.

Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Paula	Paulae
genitive	Paulae	Paulārum
dative	Paulae	Paulīs
accusative	Paulam	Paulās
ablative	Paulā	Paulīs
vocative	Paula	Paulae

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1878. From Latin Paula.

Proper noun

Paula f

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Paulis, Pauls
• Paulīna

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Paula was the only given name of 1745 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Paula. Used since the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Paula. Feminine form of Pablo.

Proper noun

Paula f

1. A female given name. Variant: Paulina.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Paula via German. First recorded in Sweden in 1842.

Proper noun

Paula

1. A female given name of Latin origin. Variant: Paulina.