Paula

paula English Etymology en la Paula, feminine form of la Paulus Paul. Pronunciation en /ˈpɔːlə/ en /ˈpɑlə/ cot-caught en Pau la en ɔːlə 2 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Paula.wav UK en En-us-Paula.oga US Proper noun s en female Latin. en 1977 w:Ruth Rendell A Judgement in Stone 106–107 Vintage Books 2000 0375704965 Names are fascinating, aren't they? I love mine. I think my parents had very good taste calling us Peter and Paula and Melinda. en Laura Romero and Ely Brown Judge blocks administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia until at least October ABC News (US) ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-blocks-administration-deporting-kilmar-abrego-garcia-october/story?id=125024099 2025-08-27 U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said Wednesday she will extend her temporary restraining blocking his removal until Abrego Garcia's latest deportation challenge in court is resolved. https://web.archive.org/web/20260127175833/https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-blocks-administration-deporting-kilmar-abrego-garcia-october/story?id=125024099 27 January 2026 Usage notes Rather rare in English until early twentieth century. Before that, Paulina and Pauline were the normal English feminine forms of Paul. Translations female given name Catalan: ca Paula f Czech: cs Pavla f Danish: da Poula, da Paula Estonian: et Paula Finnish: fi Paula French: fr Paule f Galician: gl Paula f German: de Paula Italian: it Paola Latvian: lv Paula f Norwegian: no Paula Persian: fa پائولا pâ'olâ Polish: pl Paulina f Portuguese: pt Paula f Russian: ru Па́ула f, ru По́ла f, ru Па́вла f Spanish: es Paula Swedish: sv Paula Ukrainian: uk Па́вла f Anagrams en aalpu Lapua Palau Albanian Proper noun f sq female Catalan Etymology ca :lbor la:Paula ca la Paula. Proper noun ca proper noun ca female Related terms ca Pau Danish Alternative forms da Poula Etymology From da la Paula. Proper noun da proper noun da female Latin Related terms da Pauline da Pouline Estonian Etymology From et la Paula. Proper noun et proper noun et female Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun f fo female Usage notes f Pauluson Pauludóttir Declension Paula Paulu Paulu Paulu Finnish Etymology From fi la Paula, possibly via German. First recorded in the 16th century. By folk etymology sometimes associated with fi paula cord, ribbon. Pronunciation Proper noun fi female Declension Paul a Related terms fi Pauliina Statistics dvv_20250813 16832 1659 33 References Anagrams fi aalpu Lapua Palau lupaa paalu palau pulaa German Etymology de :bor la:Paula de la Paula. Pronunciation de De-Paula.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de female Related terms de Paulina de Pauline Latin Pronunciation Proper noun Paula<1.both> la female Declension Paula<1.both> Latvian Etymology First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1878. From lv la Paula. Proper noun lv proper noun f lv female Related terms lv Paulis, lv Pauls lv Paulīna References Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0 Population Register of Latvia: Paula was the only given name of 1745 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. Norwegian Etymology From no la Paula. Used since the end of the 19th century. Proper noun no proper noun no female Portuguese Etymology pt :lbor la:Paula + 1 Pronunciation pt awlɐ 2 pt Pau la Proper noun f pt female Latin Paula pt Paulinha diminutive Related terms pt Paulo Spanish Etymology es la Paula. Feminine form of es Pablo. Pronunciation Proper noun f es female Related terms es Paulina Swedish Etymology From sv la Paula via sv de -. First recorded in Sweden in 1842. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Paula.wav Proper noun c sv female Latin Related terms sv Paulina Anagrams sv aalpu Palau