Pauline Forename
626th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,278,011 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Cameroon
Pauline Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin Paulina, f. of Paulinus (q.v.). St Paulina was a 4th-C martyr, and the name is occasionally met with in the 12th and 13th C. It has been most common in France, where Pauline is regarded as a f. form of Paul. Paulina and Pauline are both occasionally used in England.
Read More About This ForenamePauline Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 257,930 | 1:286 | 30 |
| United States | 100% | 179,611 | 1:2,018 | 394 |
| England | 100% | 151,702 | 1:367 | 81 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 133,642 | 1:162 | 7 |
| Kenya | 100% | 93,527 | 1:495 | 97 |
| France | 100% | 48,912 | 1:1,359 | 223 |
| Benin | 100% | 34,305 | 1:308 | 12 |
| Canada | 100% | 30,249 | 1:1,095 | 251 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 28,465 | 1:646 | 108 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 24,481 | 1:7,253 | 1,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 22,543 | 1:684 | 121 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,269 | 1:2,985 | 551 |
| Uganda | 94% | 17,968 | 1:2,279 | 334 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16,179 | 1:1,045 | 229 |
| Australia | - | 13,073 | 1:1,045 | 215 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12,816 | 1:362 | 70 |
| Scotland | 100% | 12,190 | 1:439 | 98 |
| Jamaica | - | 10,196 | 1:283 | 24 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 9,959 | 1:819 | 94 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 9,669 | 1:1,176 | 251 |
| Philippines | 99% | 9,522 | 1:11,133 | 1,463 |
| Germany | 100% | 8,611 | 1:11,227 | 741 |
| Malawi | 100% | 8,292 | 1:2,064 | 397 |
| Guinea | 100% | 8,104 | 1:1,463 | 198 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,608 | 1:596 | 140 |
| Zambia | - | 7,015 | 1:2,260 | 405 |
| Wales | 100% | 6,787 | 1:456 | 100 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,704 | 1:14,553 | 2,023 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6,306 | 1:3,659 | 405 |
| Austria | 100% | 6,240 | 1:1,364 | 233 |
| Tanzania | 52% | 5,291 | 1:9,977 | 1,304 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,682 | 1:2,454 | 507 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 4,443 | 1:6,853 | 791 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,268 | 1:432 | 104 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,232 | 1:5,584 | 1,110 |
| Liberia | 99% | 3,767 | 1:1,171 | 214 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,743 | 1:2,052 | 412 |
| Sudan | - | 2,578 | 1:14,665 | 1,593 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,254 | 1:95,047 | 5,407 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,145 | 1:2,335 | 376 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2,060 | 1:7,078 | 603 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,924 | 1:979 | 220 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,746 | 1:147,746 | 15,374 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,742 | 1:15,492 | 1,297 |
| Togo | - | 1,648 | 1:4,393 | 732 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,615 | 1:6,642 | 841 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,545 | 1:8,802 | 1,382 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,540 | 1:45,497 | 5,046 |
| Namibia | - | 1,436 | 1:1,674 | 338 |
| Botswana | 99% | 1,271 | 1:1,719 | 306 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,222 | 1:6,721 | 820 |
| Sweden | 100% | 998 | 1:9,878 | 871 |
| Singapore | 100% | 985 | 1:6,383 | 1,168 |
| Malta | - | 983 | 1:437 | 98 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Barbados | - | 915 | 1:317 | 59 |
| Poland | 100% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Mali | 100% | 828 | 1:20,505 | 1,464 |
| Spain | 100% | 787 | 1:59,123 | 2,191 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Guyana | 100% | 777 | 1:982 | 141 |
| Samoa | - | 730 | 1:267 | 50 |
| India | 100% | 709 | 1:1,713,509 | 94,211 |
| Bahamas | - | 707 | 1:565 | 136 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 625 | 1:2,178 | 426 |
| Hong Kong | - | 621 | 1:12,484 | 1,176 |
| Egypt | - | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Norway | 100% | 476 | 1:10,782 | 908 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 474 | 1:1,226 | 239 |
| Denmark | - | 464 | 1:12,176 | 936 |
| Vanuatu | - | 451 | 1:580 | 133 |
| China | - | 435 | 1:3,140,358 | 49,348 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| French Polynesia | - | 362 | 1:768 | 170 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 290 | 1:35,970 | 2,725 |
| Jersey | - | 279 | 1:358 | 78 |
| Morocco | - | 273 | 1:125,819 | 3,873 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 265 | 1:1,019 | 231 |
| Iraq | 100% | 246 | 1:142,349 | 2,894 |
| Latvia | 100% | 238 | 1:8,469 | 628 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 219 | 1:2,576 | 373 |
| Belize | 100% | 210 | 1:1,687 | 378 |
| Guernsey | - | 208 | 1:304 | 77 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 199 | 1:4,377 | 550 |
| Italy | 100% | 197 | 1:309,960 | 3,831 |
| Israel | 99% | 194 | 1:43,314 | 2,880 |
| Chile | 100% | 191 | 1:92,184 | 2,440 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 187 | 1:532 | 50 |
| Greece | 100% | 171 | 1:63,945 | 2,057 |
| Mauritius | - | 164 | 1:7,913 | 1,102 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Greenland | - | 150 | 1:376 | 78 |
| Suriname | 100% | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 112 | 1:980 | 198 |
| Qatar | 100% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| Grenada | 100% | 101 | 1:1,071 | 209 |
| Japan | - | 97 | 1:1,319,444 | 16,783 |
| Guam | - | 94 | 1:1,709 | 379 |
| Russia | 95% | 94 | 1:1,534,401 | 11,335 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 77 | 1:796 | 156 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 77 | 1:92,883 | 7,730 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 74 | 1:2,403 | 447 |
| Bermuda | - | 68 | 1:953 | 204 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 67 | 1:30,448 | 3,526 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 64 | 1:854 | 170 |
| Mexico | 100% | 62 | 1:2,002,329 | 11,924 |
| Jordan | 100% | 51 | 1:173,074 | 2,520 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 49 | 1:1,120 | 254 |
| Palestine | 100% | 44 | 1:103,410 | 1,906 |
| Finland | 100% | 43 | 1:127,516 | 2,682 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:1,348 | 182 |
| American Samoa | - | 37 | 1:1,509 | 210 |
| Panama | 100% | 37 | 1:105,583 | 5,133 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 36 | 1:3,099 | 585 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 36 | 1:660,269 | 31,946 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 33 | 1:915,209 | 20,285 |
| Colombia | - | 26 | 1:1,837,651 | 16,034 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Monaco | 100% | 24 | 1:1,603 | 333 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 24 | 1:301,534 | 3,938 |
| Peru | 92% | 24 | 1:1,324,644 | 15,889 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| South Korea | - | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Croatia | 100% | 22 | 1:191,685 | 3,419 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:908 | 143 |
| Czechia | 100% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Nauru | 100% | 18 | 1:663 | 78 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Niger | 100% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Pauliné (5) & Paulíne (1) are calculated separately.
Pauline (21,304) may also be a surname.
Pauline Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin Paulina, f. of Paulinus (q.v.). St Paulina was a 4th-C martyr, and the name is occasionally met with in the 12th and 13th C. It has been most common in France, where Pauline is regarded as a f. form of Paul. Paulina and Pauline are both occasionally used in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A French name derived from the Roman name Paulina, the feminine of Paulinus. See Paulin.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Rest.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Latin (feminine) - Little.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Little one.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Pauline Forename Popularity
Pauline Demographics
Pauline Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 5 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Pauline Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pauline in the Russian language | ||
| Паулинэ | pauline | - |
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