Paula

Paula is a common female given name (from Latin Pauline, petite). It is used in German, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Croatian languages.In Greek it means: Polina. Notable people with this name include: Saint Paula (347–404), saint and follower of St Jerome Paula Abdul (born 1962), American pop singer and television personality Paula Acker (1913–1989), German correspondent, journalist, communist activist Paula Angel (c. 1842–1861), Mexican-American woman executed for the murder of her lover Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player Paula Barker, British Labour politician Paula Berry (born 1969), American javelin thrower Paula Byrne (born 1967), English author Paula Cole (born 1968), American singer-songwriter Paula Creamer (born 1986), American golfer Paula Nicho Cumez (born 1955), Mayan-Guatemalan artist Paula Davis (born 1973), American state legislator Paula DeAnda (born 1989), American R&B singer Paula Deen (born 1947), American cook, restaurateur, writer, and TV personality Paula E. Downing (1951–2017), American writer Paula Dei Mansi (d.