Paulina

See also: Paulína and Paulīna

English

Etymology

From Latin Paulina, feminine form of Paulinus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.

Proper noun

Paulina

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     :Scene 3:

     O grave and good Paulina, the great comfort / That I have had of thee!

   • 1991 Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster (1999), →ISBN, page 60:

     She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.

Usage notes

• Revived in the nineteenth century but rare today, Pauline being the preferred form.

Anagrams

• Apulian, Paulian

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Paulina, from Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina

1. a male given name from Latin

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina

1. a female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Paulina: Paulinuson
• daughter of Paulina: Paulinudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Paulina
Accusative	Paulinu
Dative	Paulinu
Genitive	Paulinu

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Finnish

Proper noun

Paulina

1. (deprecated template usage) essive singular of Pauli

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German

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina

1. a female given name.

Related terms

• Paula, Pauline

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //pawˈli.na//, //pa.uˈli.na//

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Paulina f (male equivalent Paweł)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Paulina

	singular	plural
nominative	Paulina	Pauliny
genitive	Pauliny	Paulin
dative	Paulinie	Paulinom
accusative	Paulinę	Pauliny
instrumental	Pauliną	Paulinami
locative	Paulinie	Paulinach
vocative	Paulino	Pauliny

Derived terms

• Paulinka

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina f

1. a female given name.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa͜ʊ²liːna/

Proper noun

Paulina c (genitive Paulinas)

1. a female given name.