Paulina is the Latin feminine of Paulinus, diminutive of Paulus (Paul) — "small, humble." **A top-1000 US baby name since 1988**. **Paulina Porizkova (born 1965)** — **Czech-Swedish-American supermodel; in 1984, at age 18, became the youngest woman ever to appear on the *Sports Illustrated* Swimsuit Issue cover (a record she held for 22 years until 2006)**; *SI* Swimsuit Issue cover three times (1984, 1985, 2019). **Estée Lauder cosmetics face for over a decade; *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990) actress**. **Married Ric Ocasek of The Cars in 1989; her advocacy for older women in modeling after his 2019 death has been widely covered**. **Paulina Rubio (born 1971)** — **Mexican singer and actress called "The Golden Girl" of Latin pop; member of teen group Timbiriche; solo career launched 1992; coach on *La Voz México* and *The X Factor USA* (2013)**. **Eight Latin Grammy nominations**. **Paulina Vega** — Miss Universe 2014 (Colombia). **Paulina Wakefield** — *Tom Brown's School Days* (1857). **Saint Paulina of Egypt** (4th century).
Featured throughout 1980s-2020s fashion and Latin pop.
Paulina reduces to four — the number of supermodel debut.