Paola is a girl's name of Italian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 229 girls in the United States.
Paola belongs to the Italian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Paula.
In the United States, Paola first appears in Social Security records in 1950. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #301 in 1999, and in 2024 229 babies received the name — 24,314 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Paola is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Italian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Paola is a girl name. In 2024, 229 babies received the name in the US.
Paola comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Paula.
Paola first appears in US records in 1950. Its best-ever ranking was #301 in 1999, and 229 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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