Pauline Name Meaning & Origin
Pauline
Origin of the name Pauline:
Feminine diminutive form of Paul (small).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Name Lists Featuring Pauline
- Belgian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Belgium (Flanders) 2014
- German Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Germany 2014
- Belgian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Belgium, 2008
- Belgian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Belgium (Flanders) 2012
- French Girls Names: Most Popular Girls Names in France
- German Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Germany
Contribute your knowledge to the name Pauline
- Comments and insights on the name Pauline
It's not a common name heard nowadays (2000s)
I like Paula better
Pauline reminds me of fragility dainty-like
A good girl's name
The Pauline I knew was not a good girl!
Pauline's and Paula's are naughty girls.
French and classy
- Personal experiences with the name Pauline
My Pauline was graceful and beautiful
My ex was named Pauline and she was like a firecracker! Nasty little thing.
Had a neighbor named Pauline who was a real dingaling
- Nicknames for Pauline
Polly, Paul, Paula, Lili, Paulini Zucchini, The Paulster, Pitten
My name is Pauline and most of my friends either call me Paul or Paulini Zucchini
- Meanings and history of the name Pauline
Small and humble
French origins- Famous real-life people named Pauline
Pauline Sinclair (b. 2015) - daughter of actor Vin Diesel
Pauline Bonaparte - Sister of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Pauline Lafont - French actress
Pauline McLynn - Irish actress (known on TV sitcom Father Ted)
Pauline Davis-Thompson - Bahamian Sprinter (Olympics 2000)
Pauline Cushman - American actress
Pauline Betz - American tennis player
Pauline Nordin - Swedish Bodybuilder
Pauline Frederick - American actress
Pauline Hopkins - American novelist and playwright
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot - French road racing cyclists
Pauline Johnson - British silent film actress
Pauline Garon - Canadian silent film actress
Pauline Hanson - Australian right-wing extremist political leader
Pauline Hopkins - African/American novelist- Pauline in song, story & screen
Pauline Fowler, character on BBC series "EastEnders"
Pauline Fossil, main protagonist of the film Ballet Shoes, portraied by Emma Watson