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Paulette

Girl French #1574 in 2023

Paulette is a girl name of French origin.

Meaning of Paulette

Borrowed in the twentieth century from - Paulette, a diminutive feminine form of Paul.

Popularity of Paulette

Popularity, 1907–2023

135 births in 2023

1907 2023

46,789 U.S. births recorded from 1907–2023.

Peak year

1948

2,579 babies

First recorded

1907

116 years of history

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

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Girl · coinages

Invented by Sir for his pastoral poem '''' (c 1593)

Boy · Ancient Greek

From Peter, from Petrus, from Petrus, from Πέτρος, from t=stone, rock

A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets

Variant of Jeanne, from Jeanne, from Jehane, from Johanna, variant of Ioanna under influence from Iōhannēs, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.