Pola
A girls’ name of Italian origin, meaning small; diminutive or respelling of Paula.
Pola by the numbers
In 2025, 40 babies in England and Wales were named Pola. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 1926, making it a 1920s name.
Other names that come from Paula
Like Pola, each of these traces back to Paula: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Paulasmall or humble; feminine of Paul324 in the US (2017)
- Mariapaulastar of the sea beloved plus small; compound of Maria and Paula7 in the US (2017)
- Paulettasmall and humble; a form of Paula
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pola. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Paolasmall; italian form of Paula330 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Pola
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