Given name & surname
Paloma
“dovelike”
Paloma is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “dovelike.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “dovelike.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paloma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,765
- 0 boys · 10,765 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 411 babies
- 2025
- 343
- #793 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 343 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 793 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 411 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (78). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,303 as a first name in 2020; 585 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.
Paloma’s family of names
Paloma has a related form in Palloma. Paloma has a related form in Palomah. Paloma has a related form in Palomeana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Palomienavariant
- Palomeinavariant
- Palomeanavariant
- Polomavariant
- Palomeenavariant
- Palomynavariant
- Palominavariant
- Pallomavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paloma
- Paloma FaithBritish singerborn 1981
- Paloma San BasilioSpanish singerborn 1950
- Paloma CostaBrazilian socioenvironmentalist, cycling activist, climate educator and youth mobiliserborn 1992
- Paloma KwiatkowskiCanadian actressborn 1994
- Paloma BaezaBritish actress, directorborn 1975
- Paloma Herreraballet dancerborn 1975
- Paloma BernardiBrazilian actressborn 1985
- Paloma DuarteBrazilian actressborn 1977
- Paloma Sánchez-GarnicaSpanish writerborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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