Paulina is a female given name. It is a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little.

Paula and Pauline are variants on this name.

• Paulina, the name of several Roman women related to Emperor Hadrian
• Lollia Paulina (15-49), third wife of Emperor Caligula
• Caecilia Paulina (died 236), wife of Emperor Maximinus Thrax, posthumously deified as diva Paulina
• Aurelia Paulina, daughter of the Emperor Carus
• Aurelia Paulina, a Roman noblewoman from Anatolia
• Saint Paulina (1865–1942), of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
• Paulina Aulestia (born 1967), Ecuadorian mountaineer
• Paulina Peled, nee Peisachov (born 1950), Israeli tennis player
• Paulina Porizkova (born 1965), Czech-born model and author
• Paulina Robot (1938–2000), Indonesian actress
• Paulina Rubio (born 1971), Mexican singer and actress
• Paulina Vega (born 1993), Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2014
• Paulina Westdahl (1810–1887), Swedish writer

• Paulina Sanchez in the Nickelodeon cartoon Danny Phantom
• Paulina Hlinka in the Bert Diaries
• Paulina, a noblewoman in The Winter's Tale, by Shakespeare.
• Paulina, one of the Thea Sisters from Peru in Thea Stilton

• Paulina (disambiguation)
• Paulino