The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Feminine form of “Paul“, meaning “small” or “humble”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Lien, Lina, Paolina, Paula, Pauleen, Paulene, Paulette, Paulien, Pauline, Pavlina, Pol, Polina, Poll, Polly, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Paulina Kohler, Fritz’s wife, who “lived for her men and her garden”, in The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (written in 1915 and set in the 1890s).

WRITERS:
– Paulina Irby (1831-1911), British activist and travel writer.

Tagged: 1830s, 1890s, 1910s, Croatian, English, Latin, P, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

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