Pola
Origin
Polish
Syllables
2
Peak era
1900s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
diminutive of Apolonia. Silent-film star Pola Negri, born Apolonia Chałupiec, carried the diminutive to Hollywood as Polonia's first global celebrity, and today's Polish parents have made Pola a national favorite again, a home name promoted to the birth certificate the way Zosia and Hania were; four letters that work in any language.
Popularity, 1890–2024
peak 1900s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Pola peaked in the 1900s.
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