Paulina

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proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    O grave and good Paulina, the great comfort / That I have had of thee!

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    She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.

    1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, →ISBN, page 60
nounPaulina (plural Paulinas)

plural Paulinas

  1. A pupil or alumna of St Paul's Girls' School, London, England.

    In fact, gardening was a significant part of the tradition of the Paulinas (the name given to the girls who attended St. Paul's).

    2015, Robert H. Gillette, Escape to Virginia: From Nazi Germany to Thalhimer’s Farm, page 65

Origin

  1. LatinPaulīna
  2. EnglishPaulina

From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.

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APA

Paulina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paulina

MLA

“Paulina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paulina. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paulina,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paulina.

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