Name meaning & stats
Pauline
Pauline means “small” (Latin origin). 56,179 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“small”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
56,179 US babies were named Pauline between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Pauline (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Pauline is the main spelling
- Pauline 99%
- Paulene 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)