Paola - Meaning of Paola

What does Paola mean?

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Paola

[ 2 syll. pao-la, pa-ola ] The baby girl name Paola is pronounced in Italian as PAW-Laa or in Spanish as Paa-OW-Laa †. Paola's language of origin is Latin and it is predominantly used in Italian. Paola is a derivative of the English, French, German, Polish, and Spanish Paula.

See also the related categories, latin and italian.

Paola is an all-time favorite. Today it is still a somewhat popular baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was in the past. The name grew in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1999 with 0.053% of baby girls being named Paola. It was #300 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then. In 2018, it ranked at #963 with a usage of 0.015%. Among the family of girl names directly related to Paola, Paula was the most frequently used. It was 25% more regularly used than Paola in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Paola include Paula, Paili, Paisli, Paisly, Pala, Paley, Pali, Pauli, Paulie, Pauly, Pavla, Payal, Pela, Pele, Pili, Polee, Polei, Poley, Poli, and Pollee.

† Pronunciation for Paola: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AW as in "cow (K.AW)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"