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Paula

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Paul and Paulus [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) Short form of Paulina [1]

3) Finnish paula = 'snare', 'trap' [7]

Related Names

Bávlá ♀
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Pála ♀
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Palka ♀
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 Finish
Paola ♀
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 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Paula ♀
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Paule ♀
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Paulu ♀
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Paulukka ♀
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 Finish
Pavla ♀
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Póla ♀
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 Faroese
Poula ♀
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Povla ♀
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 Danish

See also Pauli, Paulina, Paulette, Pola, Polla

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Pauluson Faroe Islands

Female

Pauludóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Paula
Genitive: Paulas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Paula
Accusative: Paulu
Dative: Paulu
Genitive: Paulu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Paula
Genitive: Paulan
Partitive: Paulaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Paula
Accusative: Paulu
Dative: Paulu
Genitive: Paulu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Paula
Genitive: Paulas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Paula
Genitive: Paulas

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

22 March

Finland Finland

22 June

Norway Norway

22 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

22 June

Sweden Sweden

22 June

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 2,321 people were named Paula (percentage of first or only given name: 57 %) [9]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 24137
n.a.
 24132
n.a.
 5
Sweden Sweden[11]
3706 6101 3703 6095 3 6
Denmark Denmark[12]
649
n.a.
 648
n.a.
 1
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
49 73
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
30 103
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
940
n.a.
 940
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Paula (f) Sources: [11][12][15][10]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Paula (f) Sources: [16]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Paula (f)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  8. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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