Paula
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Paula, feminine form of Paulus (“Paul”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɔːlə/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɑlə/
- Hyphenation: Pau‧la
- Rhymes: -ɔːlə
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Paula
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1977, Ruth Rendell, A Judgement in Stone, Vintage Books, published 2000, →ISBN, pages 106–107:
- Names are fascinating, aren't they? I love mine. I think my parents had very good taste calling us Peter and Paula and Melinda.
Usage notes
[edit]- Rather rare in English until early twentieth century. Before that, Paulina and Pauline were the normal English feminine forms of Paul.
Translations
[edit]female given name
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Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paula
- a female given name from Latin
Related terms
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paula
- a female given name
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paula f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Paula: Pauluson
- daughter of Paula: Pauludóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Paula |
Accusative | Paulu |
Dative | Paulu |
Genitive | Paulu |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Paula. First recorded in the 16th century. By folk etymology sometimes associated with Finnish paula (“cord, ribbon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paula
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Paula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Paula | Paulat | |
genitive | Paulan | Paulojen | |
partitive | Paulaa | Pauloja | |
illative | Paulaan | Pauloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Paula | Paulat | |
accusative | nom. | Paula | Paulat |
gen. | Paulan | ||
genitive | Paulan | Paulojen Paulain rare | |
partitive | Paulaa | Pauloja | |
inessive | Paulassa | Pauloissa | |
elative | Paulasta | Pauloista | |
illative | Paulaan | Pauloihin | |
adessive | Paulalla | Pauloilla | |
ablative | Paulalta | Pauloilta | |
allative | Paulalle | Pauloille | |
essive | Paulana | Pauloina | |
translative | Paulaksi | Pauloiksi | |
abessive | Paulatta | Pauloitta | |
instructive | — | Pauloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Paula is the 36th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 17,343 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,679 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Paula
- a female given name
Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpau̯.la/, [ˈpäu̯ɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpau̯.la/, [ˈpäːu̯lä]
Proper noun
[edit]Paula f (genitive Paulae); first declension
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Paula | Paulae |
Genitive | Paulae | Paulārum |
Dative | Paulae | Paulīs |
Accusative | Paulam | Paulās |
Ablative | Paulā | Paulīs |
Vocative | Paula | Paulae |
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1878. From Latin Paula.
Proper noun
[edit]Paula f
- a female given name
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Paula was the only given name of 1745 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Paula. Used since the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
[edit]Paula
- a female given name
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -awlɐ
- Hyphenation: Pau‧la
Proper noun
[edit]Paula f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paula
- Synonym: (diminutive) Paulinha
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Paula. Feminine form of Pablo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paula f
- a female given name
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Paula via German. First recorded in Sweden in 1842.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Paula c (genitive Paulas)
- a female given name from Latin
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɔːlə
- Rhymes:English/ɔːlə/2 syllables
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Latin
- English terms with quotations
- Danish terms borrowed from Latin
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Danish female given names from Latin
- Estonian terms borrowed from Latin
- Estonian terms derived from Latin
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑulɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑulɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin given names
- Latin female given names
- Latvian terms borrowed from Latin
- Latvian terms derived from Latin
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Norwegian terms borrowed from Latin
- Norwegian terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/awlɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/awlɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Portuguese female given names from Latin
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aula
- Rhymes:Spanish/aula/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Swedish terms borrowed from Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names
- Swedish female given names from Latin