Paulina

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

Paulina

1. A female given name.
   • c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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.

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

• Apulian, Paulian

From Spanish Paulina, from Latin Paulina.

Paulina

1. a male given name

From Latin Paulina.

Paulina

1. A female given name.

Matronymics

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

Paulina

1. Essive singular form of Pauli.

From Latin Paulina.

Paulina

1. A female given name.

• Paula, Pauline

From Latin Paulina.

• IPA^(key): /pawˈlʲi.na/, /pa.uˈlʲi.na/

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Paulina f (masculine Paweł)

1. A female given name.

• Paulinka

From Latin Paulina.

Paulina f

1. A female given name.

From Latin Paulina.

• IPA^(key): /pa͜ʊ²liːna/

Paulina c (genitive Paulinas)

1. A female given name.