Pauline

French, feminine variation of Paul

"small"

Pauline Origin and Meaning

The name Pauline is a girl's name of French origin meaning "small".

Pauline had its moment of glory almost a century ago, when movie audiences were thrilling to the silent serial The Perils of Pauline; it's a sweet and gentle name that just might be due for reconsideration. Off the list since the late 1990s, Pauline was a Top 50 name from around 1908 to 1930.

Pauline was the name of Napoleon Buonaparte's favorite sister, and in literature there is a Pauline in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale and in Sir Walter Scott's The Fortunes of Nigel.

Vin Diesel chose this name for his daughter in a poignant tribute to his late friend and costar, Paul Walker Other feminine variations of Paul are Paula, Paulette, Paulina and Paolina.

Pauline Rank in US Top 1000

# 975 in the US

Pauline Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1262 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Pauline

• 1262 Nameberry 2025
• 85 Germany 2024
• 93 Belgium 2019

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Famous People Named Pauline

• Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips aka Abigail van Buren American advice columnist of "Dear Abby"
• Pauline Cushman American actress
• Pauline Betz American tennis player
• Pauline Frederick American actress
• Pauline Hopkins American novelist and playwright
• Pauline Marois Canadian politician; Premier of Quebec
• Pauline Kael American film critic
• Pauline Parmentier French tennis player
• Pauline Christine Wilhelmine of Anhalt Bernburg, Princess consort of Lippe
• Pauline Clementine Marie Walburga Sa¡ndor de Szlavnicza Princess of Metternich,Winneburg zu Beilstein, Hungarian arts patron
• Pauline Viardot French musician
• Pauline McLynn Irish actress, comedienne and author
• Pauline Bonaparte (born Maria Paola Buonaparte) Duchess of Guastalla, younger sister of emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
• Pauline Collins English actress
• Pauline Perpetua Quirke English actress
• Pauline Reage French erotic novelist
• Pauline Lee Hanson Australian senator
• Pauline Scanlon Irish singer of group Lumiere
• Pauline Grace Maguy Ducreut (b. 1994) daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco
• Grace Pauline Kelley (b. 1996) daughter of singer Wynonna Judd and Arch Kelley
• Pauline Sinclair (b. 2015) daughter of actor Vin Diesel
• Adeline Pauline Zamprogna (b. 2015) daughter of actor Dominic Zamprogna

The name Pauline in Pop Culture

• Pauline Breedlove character in Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
• Pauline Fossil a character in the novel/film "Ballet Shoes"
• Pauline character from British TV series "The Paradise"
• Pauline Mole Adrian's mother in the Adrian Mole series
• Pauline character in "St. Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Pauline Wan character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Pauline Aspir character in “The Sims 2” computer game