Pauline (given name)

Gender	female
Word/name	French
Meaning	little
Related names	Paulina

Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of meaning the little, hence the younger.

The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola). In Russian, the corresponding name is Полина (pronounced Polina). A Finnish form of the name is Pauliina; in Greece it is Παυλίνα or Πωλίνα (Paulina, pronounced Pavleena or Paulina, Poleena). In French, other diminutives of Paula exist, namely Paulette and Pauletta.

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