Gender: Girl
Meaning: Wealth, honor
Origin: Yoruba
Popularity: Ranked #1080 in 2024 with 229 babies born.
History: Paola surged in the 2010s-2020s as the Italian/Spanish form of Paula. The name carries Mediterranean warmth — it sounds like sunshine on an Italian piazza. Popular among Hispanic and Italian-American families. Paola means la dolce vita for American daughters.
Similar names: paolo, pal, polly, paolina, paco, parla, parley, paul
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Paola? About 1 in 14,535 babies born in 2024 were named Paola, or roughly 0.6 per day in the United States.
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