Given name & surname

Polet

“a kind young woman”

Polet is a variant of Polete. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a kind young woman.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Polet is a variant of Polete. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a kind young woman.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Polet is a variant of Polete. An origin associated with Polete is Hawaiian.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

In French usage, Polet as a surname is a diminutive of Paul. In French usage, Polet as a surname is a diminutive of POLLET.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Polet through the years

Babies since 1880
47
0 boys · 47 girls
Most popular year
1988
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024620002025Highest share 19980.0
Polet in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1988–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Polet’s family of names

In French usage, Polet as a surname is a diminutive of Paul. Polet has a related form in Polete. In Bulgarian usage, Polet is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Полет.

Walk Polet’s family in the name graph

PoletПолетPaulPolletPolete

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Polet, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

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Modern

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Irish

Caitlin

“one who is pure; virginal”

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Jacklyn

“the supplanter”

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>99% girls

Literary

Alyse

“noble” · “kind”

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>99% girls

English

Sable

“one who is sleek”

35RareRising fast

5% boys · 95% girls

 

Shaina

“beautiful” · “a beautiful woman”

36RareSteady

>99% girls

Nature

Hollie

“near the valley of the holly bushes” · “from the holly tree”

34RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Polet’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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