Paula is a common female given name (from Latin ''Pauline'', petite). It is used in German, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Croatian languages.
Notable people with this name include:
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Saint Paula
Paula of Rome (AD 347–404) was an ancient Roman saint and early Desert Mother. A member of one of the richest senatorial families which claimed descent from Agamemnon, Paula was the daughter of Blesilla and Rogatus, from the great clan of th ...
(347–404), saint and follower of St Jerome
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Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreograph ...
(born 1962), American pop singer and television personality
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Paula Acker (1913–1989), German correspondent, journalist, communist activist
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Paula Angel
Paula Angel (c. 1842 – April 26, 1861) was a Mexican-American woman executed for the murder of her lover. She was hanged from a cottonwood tree in Las Vegas, New Mexico, following a brief and somewhat abnormal legal process. She is the only wo ...
(c. 1842–1861), Mexican-American woman executed for the murder of her lover
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Paula Barker
Paula Barker (born 9 May 1972) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as the Shadow Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping sin ...
, British Labour politician
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Paula Berry (born 1969), American javelin thrower
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Paula Byrne
Paula Jayne Byrne, Lady Bate, (born 2 August 1967), is a British biographer, novelist, and literary critic.
Life
Byrne has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Liverpool, where she also studied for her MA, having completed a BA ...
(born 1967), English author
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Paula Cole
Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, ''Harbinger (Paula Cole album), Harbing ...
(born 1968), American singer-songwriter
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Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986)''Current Biography Yearbook 2011''p. 128 is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 12 tournaments, including 10 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high a ...
(born 1986), American golfer
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Paula Nicho Cumez (born 1955), Mayan-Guatemalan artist
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Paula Davis
Paula Davis, (born November 25, 1973) is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Work in House
For the 2020-2024 legislative term, Davis has been appointed by the Speaker of the House as Chair of the House Commerce Commit ...
(born 1973), American state legislator
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Paula DeAnda
Paula or PAULA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Paula, in video game '' EarthBound''
* Paula, in ''The Larry Sanders Show''
* Paula Campbell (''EastEnders''), in 2003
Film and television
* ''Paula'' (1915 film), a s ...
(born 1989), American R&B singer
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Paula Deen
Paula Ann Hiers Deen (born January 19, 1947) is an American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant and Paula Deen's Creek House with her sons, Jamie a ...
(born 1947), American cook, restaurateur, writer, and TV personality
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Paula Dei Mansi (d. 1288), Italian scribe
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Paula Echevarría
Paula Echevarría Colodrón (born 7 August 1977 in Candás, Carreño, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish model and actress.
Career
In the year 2000 she made her television debut on series such as ''Al salir de clase'', ''Policías'', and ''Compa ...
(born 1977), Spanish model and actress
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Paula Fernandes
Paula Fernandes de Souza (; born August 28, 1984, in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and arranger. In 2011 she was one of the most searched people on Google Brazil. She won a Latin Grammy Awards for her album ''Ama ...
(born 1984), Brazilian singer
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Paula Forteza
Paula Forteza (born 8 August 1986) is a French politician who was elected to the National Assembly of France in the 2017 French legislative election as a member of La République En Marche!. She represents the Second constituency for French res ...
(born 1986), French politician
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Paula Fudge (born 1952), English long-distance runner
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Paula Green (poet)
Paula Joy Green (born 1955) is a New Zealand poet and children's author.
Background
Green was born in 1955, in Auckland. She attended the Kamo High School.
In 2005 Green received her PhD in Italian, supervised by Bernadette Luciano, and wa ...
(born 1955), New Zealand poet and children's author
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Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 – May 29, 2008) was a Native American poet, literary critic, activist, professor, and novelist. Of mixed-race European-American, Native American, and Arab-American descent, she identified with her mother's p ...
(1939–2008), Native American author and activist
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Paula Hawkins (politician)
Paula Hawkins (née Fickes; January 24, 1927 – December 4, 2009) was an American politician from Florida. She is the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. She was the second woman ever elected to the Senate from the American Sout ...
(1927–2009), American politician
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Paula Hertwig
Paula Hertwig (11 October 1889 – 31 March 1983) was a German biologist and politician. Her research focused on radiation health effects. Hertwig was the first woman to habilitate at the then Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (now Humboldt ...
(1889–1983), German biologist, politician
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Paula Hitler
Paula Hitler, also known as Paula Wolff and Paula Hitler-Wolff, (26 January 1896 – 1 June 1960) was the younger sister of Adolf Hitler and the last child of Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl.
Early life
Paula Hitler was born ...
(1896–1960), Adolf Hitler's sister
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Paula Kelley
Paula Kelley (born September 10, 1971) is an American indie pop singer-songwriter and orchestral arranger/composer from Boston, Massachusetts.
Career
She began her musical career in the 1990s with the band Drop Nineteens before leaving them ...
(born 1970), American indie singer-songwriter
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Paula Kelly (actress)
Paula Alma Kelly (October 21, 1942 – February 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer in films, television and theatre. Kelly's career began during the mid–1960s in theatre, making her Broadway debut as Mrs. Veloz in ...
(1943–2020), American actress and dancer
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Paula Kelly (singer)
Paula Kelly (April 6, 1919 – April 2, 1992) was an American big band singer.
Early life
Kelly was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States. to Dr. Herbert Augustus & Julia Clarice (née Kennedy) Kelly. Kelly started her singing career in ...
(1919–1992), American big band singer
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Paula Lane
Paula Lane (born 17 April 1986) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Kylie Platt in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2010 to 2016.
Early life
Lane is originally from Hebden Bridge near Halifax. Lane attende ...
(born 1986), English actress
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Paula Nenette Pepin
Antonietta Paule Pepin Fitzpatrick (9 April 1908 – 14 November 1990), also known as Nenette, was a French composer, pianist and lyricist.
Biography
Nenette was born on the island of Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a French overseas territory loca ...
(1908–1990), French composer, pianist and lyricist
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Paula Nickolds (born 1973), British businesswoman
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Paula Patton
Paula Maxine Patton (born December 5, 1975) is an American actress and producer. Patton made her feature film debut in the 2005 comedy '' Hitch'', and has had starring roles in the films ''Déjà Vu'' (2006), '' Precious'' (2009), '' Jumping th ...
(born 1975), American actress
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Paula Posavec
Paula Posavec (born 26 August 1996) is a Croatian handball player for RK Krim and the Croatian national team.
She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.
She is Stela Posavec's twin sister.
International honours
*EHF ...
(born 1996), Croatian handball player
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Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, interviewer, and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary durin ...
(born 1959), American comedian
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Paula Radcliffe
Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and 2002 Chicago Maratho ...
(born 1973), English long distance runner and Olympian
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Paula Rego
Paula or PAULA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Paula, in video game ''EarthBound''
* Paula, in ''The Larry Sanders Show''
* Paula Campbell (''EastEnders''), in 2003
Film and television
* ''Paula'' (1915 film), a si ...
(1935–2022), Portuguese-British painter and visual artist
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Paula Roberson, American biostatistician
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Paula Scher
Paula Scher (born October 6, 1948, Washington, D.C.) is an American graphic designer, painter and art educator in design. She also served as the first female principal at Pentagram, which she joined in 1991.Scher, Paula." (n.d.): Oxford University ...
(born 1948), American artist
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Paula Seling
Paula Seling (, born 25 December 1978) is a Romanian singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and television personality. Raised in Baia Mare, she attended Gheorghe Șincai National College and later moved to Bucharest to pursue a career in musi ...
(born 1978), Romanian singer
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Paula Jean Swearengin
Paula Jean Swearengin (born June 13, 1974) is an American activist and politician who was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in West Virginia, and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the state's other Senate seat in 2 ...
(born 1974), American politician
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Paula Taylor
Punlapa Margaret Taylor-Buttery (January 20, 1983), also known as Paula Taylor ( th, พอลล่า เทเลอร์) or Thai name Punlapa Supa-aksorn ( th, พัลลภา ศุภอักษร; ), is a Thai actress, model, and ...
(born 1983), Thai actress and model
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Paula Thebert (born 1968), known as Lacey Wildd, American model
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Paula Tilbrook
Paula Tilbrook (16 January 1930 – 1 December 2019) was an English actress who played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 1994 to 2015.
Career
Born in Salford, Tilbrook begun her career performing on stage across North Ea ...
(1930–2019), English actress
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Paula Todoran (born 1985), Romanian long-distance runner
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Paula Tsui
Paula Tsui Siu Fung is a Cantopop singer in Hong Kong, with a career spanning over 50 years. She was affiliated with the TVB television station until the mid-1990s and has performed for Asia Television on several occasions since 1995.
Persona ...
(born 1956), Hong Kong singer
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Paula Weishoff
Paula Jo Weishoff (born May 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 (silver) and 1992 (bronze). And form ...
(born 1962), American volleyball player
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Paula White
Paula Michelle White-Cain (née Furr; born April 20, 1966) is an American televangelist and a proponent of prosperity theology.
White became chair of the evangelical advisory board in Donald Trump's administration. She delivered the invocation a ...
(born 1966), American pastor and televangelist
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Paula Wilcox
Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949) is an English actress. With a career spanning over 50 years, she is best known for her role as Chrissy in the popular ITV sitcom ''Man About The House'' from 1973 to 1976. She has also had roles in TV shows ...
(born 1949), English actress
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Paula Vicente (1519–1576), Portuguese artist, musician and writer
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Paula Yates
Paula Elizabeth Yates (24 April 1959 – 17 September 2000) was a British television presenter and writer. Yates is best known for her work on two television programmes, '' The Tube'' and ''The Big Breakfast''. She was the girlfriend of musicia ...
(1959–2000), English television presenter
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Paula Zahn
Paula Ann Zahn (; born February 24, 1956) is an American journalist and newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She currently produces and hosts the true crime documentary series ''On the Case with Paula Zahn'' ...
(born 1956), American newscaster
In fiction
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Doctor Paula Hutchison, a character from the animated series ''Rocko's Modern Life''
*Paula Jones, a lead character in the Super Nintendo videogame, ''
EarthBound
''EarthBound'', released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Creatures (company), Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The second entry in the Mother (video game s ...
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*Paula Thackery, a recurring character played by
Julianne McNamara
Julianne Lyn McNamara (born October 11, 1965) is an American former artistic gymnast, who was born to Australians Jean and Kevin McNamara. She was the winner of the U.S. women's first individual event gold medal in Olympic history.
Career
McNa ...
in the American sitcom television series ''
Charles in Charge
''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott B ...
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See also
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Paul (name)
Paul () is a common masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variation ...
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Paula (disambiguation)
Paula or PAULA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Paula, in video game ''EarthBound''
* Paula, List of The Larry Sanders Show characters, in ''The Larry Sanders Show''
* Paula Campbell (EastEnders), Paula Campbell (''East ...
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Paulina (name)
Paulina is a female given name. It is a female version of ''Paulinus'', a variant of Paulus (disambiguation), Paulus meaning ''the little''.
Paula (given name), Paula and Pauline (given name), Pauline are variants on this name.
Notable people
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Pauline (given name)
Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning ''the little'', hence ''the younger''.
The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corr ...
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