Paula
Paula is a girl name of Spanish origin, meaning Small and humble.
What Paula means
Small and humble.
Paula sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Paula comes from
Spanish names blend Latin roots with Visigothic and Arabic influence, and many are tied to Marian devotions or saints' days, which is how a single name can have several regional forms.
Paula is recorded as Spanish in origin. Browse other Spanish names.
How popular is Paula?
You will not find Paula in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Paula
We group Paula under the long-established classics. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Classic
Names like Paula
These share Paula's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Pablo — Small; humble.
- Camilo — Free-born; attendant.
- Carlos — Free man.
- Eduardo — Wealthy guardian.
- Emilio — Eager; rival.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Adeline — Noble; of noble kind.
- Alice — Noble; of the nobility.
- Amelia — Industrious and striving.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.
- Camila — Perfect, unblemished.