Paulina
Meaning and origin
From Latin Paulīna.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Paulina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Paulina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 78 |
| 1999 | 82 |
| 2000 | 48 |
| 2001 | 56 |
| 2002 | 67 |
| 2003 | 46 |
| 2004 | 53 |
| 2005 | 27 |
| 2006 | 44 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 31 |
| 2009 | 22 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 22 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,138 |
| 2000 | 2,185 |
| 2001 | 2,252 |
| 2002 | 2,331 |
| 2003 | 2,387 |
| 2004 | 2,468 |
| 2005 | 2,506 |
| 2006 | 2,584 |
| 2007 | 2,654 |
| 2008 | 2,731 |
| 2009 | 2,788 |
| 2010 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 2,889 |
| 2012 | 2,947 |
| 2013 | 3,019 |
| 2014 | 3,077 |
| 2015 | 3,131 |
| 2016 | 3,182 |
| 2017 | 3,221 |
| 2018 | 3,254 |
| 2019 | 3,281 |
| 2020 | 3,303 |
Paulina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Paulina.Hi! My name is Paulina.
- Paulina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Paulina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Paulina i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Paulina this afternoon.
- Paulinas mamma är lärare.Paulina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Paulinas mamma is Paulina's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Paulina
How do you pronounce Paulina in Swedish?
In IPA, Paulina is /pa͜ʊ²liːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Paulina mean?
From Latin Paulīna.
How popular is Paulina in Sweden?
10 babies were named Paulina in 2022. In 2020, 3,303 people in Sweden had Paulina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 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.