Paula Forename
276th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,161,691 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tonga
Paula Forename Definition:
A female name. a German f. form of Paul. Occasionally used in England in recent times. It is the name 01 he heroine of Pinero’s popular play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, which may have caused its use in England.
Paula Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 462,918 | 1:783 | 156 |
| Brazil | 100% | 213,474 | 1:1,004 | 150 |
| Mexico | 100% | 186,379 | 1:666 | 130 |
| Spain | 100% | 172,500 | 1:270 | 47 |
| Angola | 100% | 121,600 | 1:222 | 33 |
| Portugal | - | 105,449 | 1:99 | 21 |
| England | 100% | 84,268 | 1:660 | 146 |
| Mozambique | - | 80,158 | 1:340 | 52 |
| Argentina | 100% | 77,205 | 1:554 | 131 |
| Chile | 100% | 49,267 | 1:357 | 78 |
| Colombia | 100% | 47,938 | 1:997 | 164 |
| Germany | 100% | 42,986 | 1:2,249 | 349 |
| Peru | 100% | 41,860 | 1:759 | 146 |
| Romania | 100% | 38,035 | 1:527 | 96 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 33,094 | 1:487 | 96 |
| Canada | 100% | 30,944 | 1:1,071 | 243 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 24,076 | 1:1,254 | 198 |
| Poland | 100% | 21,063 | 1:1,805 | 198 |
| Belgium | 100% | 21,032 | 1:546 | 123 |
| Finland | 100% | 20,838 | 1:263 | 75 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16,619 | 1:1,017 | 220 |
| Australia | - | 16,349 | 1:835 | 187 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15,419 | 1:572 | 96 |
| Philippines | 99% | 14,981 | 1:7,076 | 1,073 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 14,258 | 1:422 | 58 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 12,744 | 1:819 | 125 |
| France | 100% | 12,429 | 1:5,348 | 458 |
| Cuba | - | 12,276 | 1:937 | 214 |
| Ecuador | - | 11,282 | 1:1,571 | 285 |
| Austria | 100% | 10,848 | 1:785 | 170 |
| El Salvador | - | 10,034 | 1:632 | 115 |
| Ireland | 100% | 8,564 | 1:542 | 118 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,014 | 1:566 | 129 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 6,878 | 1:1,541 | 363 |
| South Africa | 99% | 6,796 | 1:8,024 | 1,426 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 6,647 | 1:38,809 | 5,082 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,524 | 1:1,487 | 313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 5,341 | 1:1,526 | 183 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5,234 | 1:352 | 85 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,081 | 1:1,053 | 200 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4,938 | 1:966 | 207 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,735 | 1:653 | 155 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 4,423 | 1:775 | 161 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,292 | 1:2,297 | 341 |
| Egypt | 77% | 3,687 | 1:24,926 | 1,785 |
| Uganda | 99% | 3,544 | 1:11,557 | 1,116 |
| Thailand | 99% | 3,306 | 1:21,194 | 2,883 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,047 | 1:1,282 | 246 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,718 | 1:19,422 | 1,998 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,697 | 1:1,069 | 271 |
| Tonga | - | 2,642 | 1:41 | 5 |
| Fiji | - | 2,187 | 1:408 | 40 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,921 | 1:31,787 | 1,080 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,804 | 1:2,338 | 371 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1,618 | 1:327 | 35 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Namibia | - | 1,481 | 1:1,623 | 329 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,453 | 1:122,205 | 6,391 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,416 | 1:5,934 | 939 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,385 | 1:7,636 | 1,135 |
| Kenya | - | 1,278 | 1:36,234 | 2,818 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,144 | 1:1,190 | 218 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,143 | 1:26,640 | 2,534 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,035 | 1:4,959 | 602 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 946 | 1:5,613 | 334 |
| Haiti | 100% | 933 | 1:11,497 | 1,179 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 932 | 1:605 | 141 |
| Bangladesh | - | 916 | 1:174,084 | 9,484 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 870 | 1:8,318 | 887 |
| India | 61% | 841 | 1:1,444,564 | 83,934 |
| Albania | 100% | 659 | 1:4,623 | 907 |
| Denmark | - | 657 | 1:8,599 | 769 |
| Guyana | 100% | 652 | 1:1,171 | 183 |
| Bahamas | - | 581 | 1:687 | 167 |
| Belize | 100% | 514 | 1:689 | 100 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 469 | 1:409 | 41 |
| Hungary | 100% | 468 | 1:20,923 | 411 |
| Malawi | 100% | 444 | 1:38,541 | 2,809 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 443 | 1:12,703 | 1,200 |
| Morocco | - | 382 | 1:89,918 | 3,081 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Barbados | - | 352 | 1:823 | 193 |
| Malta | - | 352 | 1:1,220 | 262 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 329 | 1:46,881 | 4,144 |
| Cameroon | 89% | 328 | 1:65,886 | 3,936 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 317 | 1:11,200 | 703 |
| China | - | 295 | 1:4,630,698 | 53,337 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 269 | 1:661 | 83 |
| Estonia | 100% | 243 | 1:5,413 | 795 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Greece | 100% | 224 | 1:48,815 | 1,717 |
| Latvia | 100% | 211 | 1:9,553 | 651 |
| Guinea | - | 201 | 1:58,998 | 1,787 |
| Serbia | 100% | 194 | 1:36,834 | 1,764 |
| DR Congo | 71% | 192 | 1:384,519 | 14,440 |
| Czechia | 97% | 189 | 1:56,382 | 879 |
| Micronesia | - | 165 | 1:645 | 110 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 160 | 1:22,028 | 1,720 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Suriname | 100% | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Jersey | 100% | 137 | 1:730 | 169 |
| Congo | 100% | 132 | 1:37,949 | 3,157 |
| Grenada | 100% | 132 | 1:819 | 145 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 127 | 1:144,720 | 7,128 |
| Russia | 98% | 126 | 1:1,144,712 | 9,393 |
| Bulgaria | 99% | 124 | 1:56,374 | 2,636 |
| Singapore | 100% | 124 | 1:50,702 | 6,701 |
| Moldova | 100% | 123 | 1:28,952 | 726 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 122 | 1:900 | 177 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 117 | 1:297 | 27 |
| Bermuda | - | 111 | 1:584 | 102 |
| Japan | - | 109 | 1:1,174,184 | 15,981 |
| Zambia | - | 109 | 1:145,457 | 5,837 |
| Hong Kong | - | 106 | 1:73,139 | 2,665 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 105 | 1:584 | 90 |
| Guernsey | - | 104 | 1:609 | 147 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 96 | 1:1,035 | 195 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 95 | 1:25,882 | 1,471 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 93 | 1:76,903 | 6,422 |
| Qatar | 95% | 87 | 1:27,237 | 3,729 |
| Botswana | - | 74 | 1:29,520 | 3,260 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 74 | 1:1,508 | 276 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 73 | 1:752 | 133 |
| Andorra | - | 69 | 1:1,201 | 174 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 66 | 1:13,198 | 1,045 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 62 | 1:792 | 173 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 61 | 1:621 | 140 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 59 | 1:771,185 | 2,851 |
| Aruba | - | 58 | 1:1,789 | 363 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 58 | 1:2,686 | 550 |
| Seychelles | - | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Liberia | 100% | 34 | 1:129,766 | 5,183 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 34 | 1:699,108 | 32,793 |
| Lithuania | - | 31 | 1:95,222 | 1,463 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Iran | - | 28 | 1:2,803,460 | 14,627 |
| Turkey | 100% | 28 | 1:2,778,632 | 16,815 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,250 | 294 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 25 | 1:923,037 | 28,068 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:23,238 | 1,800 |
| Iceland | - | 22 | 1:16,637 | 1,246 |
| Jordan | 99% | 22 | 1:401,217 | 3,496 |
| South Korea | - | 22 | 1:252,019 | 8,670 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Nepal | 75% | 17 | 1:1,675,727 | 28,798 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Afghanistan | - | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 13 | 1:6,540 | 198 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 12 | 1:52,881 | 2,242 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 11 | 1:1,205 | 212 |
| Belarus | 91% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Senegal | 100% | 10 | 1:1,458,136 | 11,437 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Georgia | - | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Päülä (1) are calculated separately.
Paula (49,977) may also be a surname.
Paula Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a German f. form of Paul. Occasionally used in England in recent times. It is the name 01 he heroine of Pinero’s popular play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, which may have caused its use in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The f. of Paul. It came to England from the Continental forms: Italian Paola, Spanish Pala. Of the five Saints Paula, much the most important is she who, dying in 404, after twenty years of ‘eminent sanctity,’ had been the contemporary of St. Jerome, her spiritual adviser and biographer. (Benedictines.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
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.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Paula Forename Popularity
Paula Demographics
Paula Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 12 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Paula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paula in the Russian language | ||
| Паула | paula | - |
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