Given name & surname
Pavlina
“a petite woman”
Pavlina is a variant of Paula. In English use, Paula carries the interpretation “a petite woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pavlina 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 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pavlina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 5 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 428 as a first name in 2020; 171 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.
Pavlina’s family of names
Pavlina has a related form in Paula. Pavlina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Pauline. In Latin usage, Pavlina has a related form in Paulina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pavlina has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pavlina
- Pavlina NolaBulgarian tennis playerborn 1974
- Pavlina FilipovaBulgarian biathleteborn 1975
- Pavlina R. TchernevaAmerican economistborn 1974
- Pavlina PajkSlovenian poet and writer (1854-1901)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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