Overview
Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger.
The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola). In Russian, the corresponding names are Павли́на (pronounced Pavlína) and Поли́на (pronounced poleenah). A Finnish form of the name is Pauliina; in Greece it is or (Paulina, pronounced Pavleena or Paulina, Poleena). In French, other diminutives of Paula exist, namely Paulette and Pauletta.
People
Pauline Adams (1874–1958), Irish-American suffragist
Pauline Ado (b. 1991), French professional surfer
Pauline Alderman (1893–1983), US musicologist and composer
Pauline Allen (b. 1948), Australian scholar of early Christianity
Pauline Allen-Dean, Bahamian former banker
Pauline Amos, British performance artist
Pauline Armitage, Northern Ireland former politician
Pauline Ashwell, pseudonym of British author Pauline Whitby (1928-2015)
Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), French painter
Pauline Morrow Austin (1916–2011), US meteorologist
Pauline Baards, a stage name of Italian actor Paola Barbara (1912–1989)
Pauline Irene Batebe, Ugandan engineer
Pauline Baynes (1922–2008), English illustrator
Pauline Bebe (b. 1965), French rabbi
Pauline Bell (1912-2010), winner of the second Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
Pauline Benda (1877–1985), French actress better known as Simone Le Bargy
Pauline Bennett (b. 1964), British DJ and rapper also known as Jazzi P
Pauline Bern (b. 1952), New Zealand jeweller
Pauline Betz (1919–2011), US professional tennis player
Pauline Bewick (1935–2022), Irish artist
Pauline Bird-Hart (b. 1957), British rower
Pauline Biscarat (b. 1989), French rugby sevens player
Pauline Black (b. 1953), English singer
Pauline Bøgelund (b. 1996), Danish handball player
Pauline Bonaparte (1780–1825), Italian noble
Pauline Boty (1938–1966), British painter
Pauline Boutal (1894–1992), French-born Canadian artist, theatrical designer, actress and educator
Pauline Browes (b. 1938), a Canadian former politician
Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), African-American artist
Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 - 1901), French novelist
Pauline Chalamet (b. 1992), American actress, writer, and director
Pauline Atherton Cochrane (born 1929), American librarian
Pauline Collins (b. 1940), English actress
Pauline Marie Armande Craven (1808–1891), French author
Pauline Croze (b.
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