Pauline

French, feminine variation of Paul
"small"

Pauline Origin and Meaning

The name Pauline is a girl's name of French origin meaning "small".

Pauline had its moment of glory almost a century ago, when movie audiences were thrilling to the silent serial The Perils of Pauline; it's a sweet and gentle name that just might be due for reconsideration. Off the list since the late 1990s, Pauline was a Top 50 name from around 1908 to 1930.

Pauline was the name of Napoleon Buonaparte's favorite sister, and in literature there is a Pauline in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale and in Sir Walter Scott's The Fortunes of Nigel.

Vin Diesel chose this name for his daughter in a poignant tribute to his late friend and costar, Paul Walker Other feminine variations of Paul are Paula, Paulette, Paulina and Paolina.

# 975 in the US

Pauline Rank in US Top 1000

# 1839 on Nameberry

Pauline Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Pauline

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Famous People Named Pauline

  • Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips aka Abigail van Buren
    American advice columnist of "Dear Abby"
  • Pauline Cushman
    American actress
  • Pauline Betz
    American tennis player
  • Pauline Frederick
    American actress
  • Pauline Hopkins
    American novelist and playwright
  • Pauline Marois
    Canadian politician; Premier of Quebec
  • Pauline Kael
    American film critic
  • Pauline Parmentier
    French tennis player
  • Pauline Christine Wilhelmine of Anhalt
    Bernburg, Princess consort of Lippe
  • Pauline Clementine Marie Walburga Sa¡ndor de Szlavnicza
    Princess of Metternich,Winneburg zu Beilstein, Hungarian arts patron
  • Pauline Viardot
    French musician
  • Pauline McLynn
    Irish actress, comedienne and author
  • Pauline Bonaparte (born Maria Paola Buonaparte)
    Duchess of Guastalla, younger sister of emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Pauline Collins
    English actress
  • Pauline Perpetua Quirke
    English actress
  • Pauline Reage
    French erotic novelist
  • Pauline Lee Hanson
    Australian senator
  • Pauline Scanlon
    Irish singer of group Lumiere
  • Pauline Grace Maguy Ducreut (b. 1994)
    daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco
  • Grace Pauline Kelley (b. 1996)
    daughter of singer Wynonna Judd and Arch Kelley
  • Pauline Sinclair (b. 2015)
    daughter of actor Vin Diesel
  • Adeline Pauline Zamprogna (b. 2015)
    daughter of actor Dominic Zamprogna

The name Pauline in Pop Culture

  • Pauline Breedlove
    character in Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
  • Pauline Fossil
    a character in the novel/film "Ballet Shoes"
  • Pauline
    character from British TV series "The Paradise"
  • Pauline Mole
    Adrian's mother in the Adrian Mole series
  • Pauline
    character in "St. Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
  • Pauline Wan
    character in "The Sims 3" computer game
  • Pauline Aspir
    character in “The Sims 2” computer game

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