Pauline (given name)


Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger.
The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina. In Russian, the corresponding name is Полина. A Finnish form of the name is Pauliina; in Greece it is Παυλίνα or Πωλίνα. In French, other diminutives of Paula exist, namely Paulette and Pauletta.

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