Paola
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Italian. Borrowed from Italian Paola.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Paola (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Paola has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 373 |
| 2000 | 379 |
| 2001 | 388 |
| 2002 | 396 |
| 2003 | 407 |
| 2004 | 412 |
| 2005 | 422 |
| 2006 | 432 |
| 2007 | 433 |
| 2008 | 441 |
| 2009 | 446 |
| 2010 | 458 |
| 2011 | 473 |
| 2012 | 483 |
| 2013 | 491 |
| 2014 | 501 |
| 2015 | 497 |
| 2016 | 513 |
| 2017 | 524 |
| 2018 | 536 |
| 2019 | 562 |
| 2020 | 571 |
Paola in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Paola.Hi! My name is Paola.
- Paola har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Paola has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Paolas mamma är lärare.Paola's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Paolas mamma is Paola's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Paola
How do you pronounce Paola in Swedish?
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What does the name Paola mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Italian. Borrowed from Italian Paola.
How popular is Paola in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Paola in 2022. In 2020, 571 people in Sweden had Paola as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.