Meaning of the namePaola

Paola is a feminine name of Italian origin, the feminine form of Paolo, which comes from Latin Paulus, 'small'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Paulo, 'small'”

Source: Wiktionary: Paola · Behind the Name: Paola · Behind the Name: Paul · Wiktionary: Paulus

People (2022): 61,663
Rank in Brazil: #497
Median age: 20 years
2010 Census: 50,553; people

Paola in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Paola, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (20,510 people).

61,327 women 336 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Paola is most common

States with the highest share of people named Paola in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	15,120	0.034%
Rio Grande do Sul	8,911	0.082%
Minas Gerais	7,357	0.036%
Rio de Janeiro	6,155	0.038%
Paraná	6,042	0.053%
Santa Catarina	4,407	0.058%
Pará	1,904	0.023%
Bahia	1,258	0.009%
Espírito Santo	1,250	0.033%
Goiás	1,226	0.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,217	0.044%
Mato Grosso	1,150	0.031%
Amazonas	983	0.025%
Ceará	700	0.008%
Maranhão	619	0.009%
Distrito Federal	566	0.020%
Pernambuco	549	0.006%
Rondônia	407	0.026%
Rio Grande do Norte	343	0.010%
Paraíba	304	0.008%
Amapá	227	0.031%
Roraima	221	0.035%
Piauí	205	0.006%
Tocantins	153	0.010%
Sergipe	134	0.006%
Alagoas	133	0.004%
Acre	122	0.015%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Paola

Wiktionary records Paola in Portuguese as a borrowing from Italian Paola, the feminine of Paolo, which goes back to Latin Paulus. Behind the Name gives Paola as the Italian feminine form of Paul, and says that the Roman name Paulus meant 'small' in Latin; Wiktionary derives Paulus from paulus, 'small'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 61,663 people named Paola, with a median age of 20. Almost all people with the name were born from the 1980s on, and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

This is the Italian spelling and the most recorded in the group; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Pahola and Paoula as spelling variants.

Other spellings of Paola

Spelling	People (2022)
Paola	61,663
Paolla	3,494

Sources

Wiktionary: Paola · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Paola · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Paul · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Paulus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Paola · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Paola

What does the name Paola mean?

Paola means “feminine form of Paulo, 'small'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Paola in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 61,663 people with the first name Paola, which ranks it number 497 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Paola a boy's or a girl's name?

Paola is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 61,327 women and 336 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Paola?

Paola is a name of Italian and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Paola most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.082% of the state's population is named Paola (8,911 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Paola?

Paolla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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