English

Proper noun

Paulina

1. A female given name.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act V: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 0671038540, 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

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

Finnish

Proper noun

Paulina

1. Essive singular form of Pauli.

German

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Paula, Pauline

Polish

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paulina f ‎(masculine Paweł)

1. A female given name.

Declension

Derived terms

• Paulinka

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina f

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Paulina.

Proper noun

Paulina

1. A female given name.