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Meaning of the namePaolla

Paolla is a spelling of the name Paola, which means “feminine form of Paulo, 'small'”.

Meaning

“feminine form of Paulo, 'small'”

Meaning of the name Paola, of which Paolla is a spelling.

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

People (2022)
3,494
Rank in Brazil
#3,504
Median age
9 years
2010 Census
1,120
people

Paolla in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Paolla, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,381 people).

3,478 women 0 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 Paolla is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7970.002%
Rio de Janeiro4370.003%
Minas Gerais4310.002%
Paraná2670.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1830.002%
Santa Catarina1740.002%
Goiás1610.002%
Bahia1420.001%
Espírito Santo1160.003%
Mato Grosso990.003%
Pará870.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul790.003%
Maranhão770.001%
Pernambuco650.001%
Ceará540.001%
Amazonas510.001%
Distrito Federal430.002%
Rondônia360.002%
Rio Grande do Norte350.001%
Paraíba310.001%
Piauí280.001%
Tocantins260.002%
Amapá250.003%
Sergipe210.001%

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

The spelling Paolla

It doubles the L of the Italian spelling; it is far less recorded than Paola, and most people with this spelling were born from 2010 on.

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.

Other spellings of Paola

SpellingPeople (2022)
Paola61,663
Paolla3,494

Sources

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

Questions about the name Paolla

What does the name Paolla mean?

Paolla means “feminine form of Paulo, 'small'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Paola, of which Paolla is a spelling.

How many people are named Paolla in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,494 people with the first name Paolla, which ranks it number 3,504 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Paolla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,478 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Paolla?

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

In which Brazilian state is Paolla most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Paolla (116 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Paolla?

Paola. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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