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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Small

First name variations: Paola, Paolina, Paule, Pauleen, Paulene, Pauletta, Paulette, Paulie, Paulina, Pauline, Paulita, Pauly, Paulyn, Pavla, Pavlina, Pavlinka, Pola, Polcia, Pollie, Polly

Last name origin & meaning:

Portuguese and Spanish: possibly from the female personal name Paula, but more likely from a shortened form of Francisco de Paula, the name of a saint from Paola in Calabria (1416(?)–1507).