Paloma

Spanish

"dove"

Paloma Origin and Meaning

The name Paloma is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "dove".

Paloma is vibrant and ruby-lipped a la jewelry designer Paloma Picasso, but it also suggests peace, as symbolized by the dove. Paloma is a highly recommended striking but soft name, one of the best of the names that mean peace and girls' names starting with P.

Salma Hayak used Paloma as the middle name of her daughter Valentina, and it was the first name pick of David Caruso and Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz.

Paloma Rank in US Top 1000

# 980 in the US

Paloma Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 351 on Nameberry

Paloma Popularity

• 980 US 2023
• 351 Nameberry 2024
• 671 England 2021
• 79 Portugal 2014
• 368 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Paloma

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Paloma.

• Ramona
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• Marisol
• Lucia
• Petra
• Valentina
• Una
• Ines
• Juno
• Cressida
• Alma
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• Birdie
• Cosima
• Marigold
• Philippa
• Odette
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Famous People Named Paloma

• Paloma Herrera Argentine ballerina
• Paloma Bloyd American actress
• Paloma Faith (Blomfield) English singer/actress
• Paloma Baeza Mexican,English actress and director
• (Anne) Paloma Ruiz Picasso (y Gilot), French jewelry designer; daughter of Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gilot
• Paloma Duarte Brazilian actress
• Paloma Ayana Stoecker aka Delilah British singer,songwriter
• Paloma Rae Estevez (b. 1986) daughter of actor Emilio Estevez
• Paloma Aristizábal Martínez (b. 2005) daughter of singer Juanes and actress Karen Martinez
• Paloma Todeschini (b. 2006) daughter of actors Bruno Todeschini and Sophie Broustal
• Paloma Raquel Caruso (b. 2007) daughter of actor David Caruso
• Paloma Pilar Duffy (b. 2008) daughter of TV personalities Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos,Duffy
• Paloma Louise Lebenzon (b. 2009) Daughter of actress Ana Ortiz
• Paloma Greco (b. 2009) daughter of actress Natasha Klauss and Marcelo Greco
• Paloma Michaela Giles (b. 2016) daughter of actress Caterina Scorsone and singer Rob Giles
• Valentina Paloma Pinault (b. 2007) Daughter of actress Salma Hayek Pinault and François,Henri Pinault

Paloma in Pop Culture

• Paloma character in Junot Diaz's "Miss Lora"
• Paloma Josse character in "The Elegance of the Hedgehog"
• Daphne Paloma Vasquez character on TV's 'Switched At Birth'
• Paloma name used by Elaine in an episode of "Seinfeld"
• "Paloma Negra " song by Chavela Vargas
• Cucurrucucu Paloma Mexican folk song
• Paloma a tequila grapefruit cocktail