Given name
Paulinho
Paulinho is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Paulinho is a diminutive of Paulo. Paulo comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Paulinho is a diminutive of Paulo.
Paulinho’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Paulinho is a diminutive of Paulo. In Portuguese usage, Paulinho shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Paolino.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paulinho
- Paulinho McLarenBrazilian association football playerborn 1963
- PaulinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1982
- PaulinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1971
- Paulinho SantosPortuguese footballerborn 1970
- Paulinho de AlmeidaBrazilian footballer (1932-2007)
- PaulinhoBrazilian footballerborn 1986
- Paulinho da CostaBrazilian musicianborn 1948
- Paulinho da ViolaBrazilian musicianborn 1942
- Paulinho GuerreiroBrazilian footballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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