Paulette (given name)

Paulette

Pronunciation	po-LET
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Roman
Meaning	"small" or "humble"
Other names
Related names	Pauline, Paulina, Paul

Paulette (po-LET) is the French feminine given name diminutive of the French/English/German given name Pauline, a derivative of the Latin Paulina, from the Roman family name Paulus, meaning "small" or "humble". The masculine given name Paul comes from the same cognate. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name "Paulette" include:

• Paulette Bethel - a Bahamian ambassador
• Paulette Bourgeois (born 1951) - Canadian children's author
• Paulette Carlson (born 1952) - American singer-songwriter
• Paulette Cooper (born 1942) - an American author
• Paulette Cruz (born 1989) - a Mexican beach volleyball player
• Paulette Doan - a Canadian ice dancer
• Paulette Dubost (1910–2011) - a French stage and film actress
• Paulette Duval (1900-?) - an Argentine-born French/American actress
• Paulette Frankl (born 1937) - an American courtroom artist and author
• Paulette Gebara Farah (2005–2010) - a Mexican girl whose death was controversial
• Paulette Goddard (1910–1990) - an American film actress
• Paulette Irons (born 1952) - an American politician
• Paulette Jiles (born 1943) - an American-born Canadian poet and novelist
• Paulette McDonagh (1901–1978) - an Australian film director
• Paulette Noizeux (1887–1971) - a French film and stage actress
• Paulette Phillips - a Canadian artist
• Paulette Rakestraw (born 1967), American politician from the state of Georgia
• Paulette Randall (born 1961) - an English theatre director
• Paulette Reck (born 1968) - an American beauty pageant contestant
• Paulette Schwartzmann (1894–1953) - a Latvian–born French/Argentine chess player
• Paulette Van Roekens (1895–1988) - a French-born American artist
• Paulette Zang Milama (born 1987) - a Gabonese track and field sprint athlete