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).
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