Meaning of the namePaulino

Male
Latin origin
Pau-li-no

Paulino is a male name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of Paulinus, derived from Paulus, 'small'.

Meaning

“derived from Paulinus, from Paulus, from the Latin paulus, 'small'”

Source: Behind the Name: Paulino · Wiktionary: Paulinus · Wiktionary: Paulus

People (2022): 12,876
Rank in Brazil: #1,428
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 16,580; people

Paulino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Paulino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (3,041 people).

41 women 12,835 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 Paulino is most common

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

Mato Grosso 0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.010%
Bahia 0.010%
Santa Catarina 0.009%
Paraná 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,484	0.006%
Minas Gerais	1,644	0.008%
Bahia	1,353	0.010%
Paraná	1,027	0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul	848	0.008%
Santa Catarina	709	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	663	0.004%
Pará	450	0.006%
Mato Grosso	415	0.011%
Goiás	407	0.006%
Maranhão	333	0.005%
Ceará	326	0.004%
Pernambuco	290	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	283	0.010%
Espírito Santo	277	0.007%
Piauí	216	0.007%
Amazonas	199	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	162	0.005%
Paraíba	157	0.004%
Rondônia	127	0.008%
Distrito Federal	121	0.004%
Tocantins	113	0.008%
Sergipe	95	0.004%
Alagoas	65	0.002%
Acre	48	0.006%
Roraima	41	0.006%
Amapá	23	0.003%

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

About the name Paulino

Paulino is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Roman cognomen Paulinus, formed from Paulus with the Latin suffix -inus. Paulus, from which Paulo also comes, originates in the Latin adjective paulus, 'small'. Wiktionary also lists Paulino as a surname in Portuguese. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,876 people named Paulino, with a median age of 59. It is almost always male, peaks among men born in the 1960s, and, proportionally, is most common in Mato Grosso.

Sources

Behind the Name: Paulino · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Paulinus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Paulus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Paulino · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Paulino

What does the name Paulino mean?

Paulino means “derived from Paulinus, from Paulus, from the Latin paulus, 'small'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Paulino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,876 people with the first name Paulino, which ranks it number 1,428 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Paulino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 12,835 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Paulino?

Paulino is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Paulino most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.011% of the state's population is named Paulino (415 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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