Name profile

Paula

Feminine form of Paulus.

PronunciationGerman /ˈpaʊ̯.la/; English /ˈpɔl.ə/; Finnish /ˈpɑu.lɑ/; Spanish /ˈpau̯.la/; Portuguese /ˈpaw.lɐ/; Hungarian /ˈpɒ.u.lɒ/; Polish /ˈpaw.la/; Dutch /ˈpɑu̯.laː/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Galician, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#853

Meaning and history

Pàula is the feminine form of Paulus, see Paul, and was borne by a 4th-century Roman saint who was a companion of Saint Jerome.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 431 births, rank #667
2007: 455 births, rank #651
2008: 448 births, rank #678
2009: 362 births, rank #781
2010: 332 births, rank #814
20112011: 325 births, rank #817
2012: 385 births, rank #721
2013: 307 births, rank #847
2014: 267 births, rank #993
2015: 310 births, rank #889
20162016: 348 births, rank #826
2017: 319 births, rank #856
2018: 344 births, rank #793
2019: 373 births, rank #753
2020: 331 births, rank #822
20212021: 338 births, rank #822
2022: 349 births, rank #806
2023: 402 births, rank #706
2024: 375 births, rank #752
20252025: 318 births, rank #853

Paula moved from #754 to #855 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1963, with 10,156 births.