as a Last Name
- 1,172
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Paula
Meaning & Origins
Portuguese and Spanish: possibly from the female personal name Paula, but more likely from a shortened form of Francisco de Paula, the name of a saint from Paola in Calabria (1416(?)–1507).
| 20,468th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,172
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Paula per capita
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