Pola
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
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Pola has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
57 people · the #60,880 first name in Brazil · median age 34
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Pola deep dive
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