Paula

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Female Female Name

Usage

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

Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Paul and Paulus [1] [2]

2) Short form of Paulina [1]

Related Names

     
Bávlá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Pála ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Palka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Paula ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Paulu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Paulukka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Pavla ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Póla ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Poula ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Povla ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish

See also Paulina, Paulette, Polla

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

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Paula
Accusative: Paulu
Dative: Paulu
Genitive: Paulu
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Paula
Accusative: Paulu
Dative: Paulu
Genitive: Paulu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1842 [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png 3560 5782 1 2
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 569 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 298 908 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 23660 n.a 3
  #: 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[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Paula(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Paula(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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