Given name & surname
Pabla
“a petite woman”
Pabla is a variant of Paula. In English use, Paula carries the interpretation “a petite woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pabla is a variant of Paula. In English use, Paula carries the interpretation “a petite woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pabla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 0 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 446 as a first name in 2020; 539 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pabla’s family of names
Pabla has a related form in Paula. In Spanish usage, Pabla has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Paula. In Portuguese usage, Pabla has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Paola.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pabla has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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