# Paulin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paulin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Paullin |
| US babies named this | 15 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From a Middle English form of the Latin saint's name Paulīnus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | 9,779 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,772 |

## People named Paulin

- Paulinus of York, Bishop of Rochester; Archbishop of York; Christian saint
- Paulin Obame-Nguema, Gabonese politician and physician
- Paulin Hountondji, Beninese philosopher (1942–2024)
- Paulin Lemaire, French gymnast
- Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, French painter (1783-1855)
- Paulin Riva, French rugby union player
- Paulin Ladeuze, Belgian titular bishop (1870–1940)
- Paulin Tokala Kombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer
- Paulin Talabot, French politician and engineer (1799-1885)
- Gaston Paris, French medievalist and writer (1839-1903)
- Antoine Escalin des Aimars, French diplomat

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.