Polina

Either a Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of PAULINA or a short form of APOLLINARIYA.

PAULINA   female   Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Lithuanian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).
PAULINO   male   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Paulinus, which was itself derived from Paulus (see PAUL). Saint Paulinus of Nola was a 5th-century nobleman from Gaul who gave up his wealthy lifestyle and became bishop of Nola. He was also noted for his poetry. Another saint by this name was a 7th-century missionary to England who became the first bishop of York.
PAUL   male   English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin. Paul was an important leader of the early Christian church. According to Acts in the New Testament, he was a Jewish Roman citizen who converted to Christianity after the resurrected Jesus appeared to him. After this he travelled the eastern Mediterranean as a missionary. His original Hebrew name was Saul. Many of the epistles in the New Testament were authored by him.

Due to the renown of Saint Paul the name became common among early Christians. It was borne by a number of other early saints and six popes. In England it was relatively rare during the Middle Ages, but became more frequent beginning in the 17th century. A notable bearer was the American Revolutionary War figure Paul Revere (1735-1818), who warned of the advance of the British army. Famous bearers in the art world include the French impressionists Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), and the Swiss expressionist Paul Klee (1879-1940). It is borne by British musician Paul McCartney (1942-). This is also the name of the legendary American lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
APOLLINARIYA   female   Russian
Russian feminine form of APOLLINARIS.
APOLLINARIS   male   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name derived from the name of the god APOLLO. This was the name of several early saints and martyrs, including a bishop of Ravenna and a bishop of Hierapolis.
APOLLO   male   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Απολλων (Apollon), which is of unknown meaning, though perhaps related to Indo-European *apelo "strength". Another theory states that Apollo can be equated with Appaliunas, an Anatolian god whose name possibly means "father lion" or "father light". The Greeks later associated Apollo's name with the Greek verb απολλυμι (apollymi) meaning "to destroy". In Greek mythology Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light.
FULL FORMS
RUSSIAN: Apollinariya
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Paulina
BULGARIAN: Polina
CZECH: Pavlina
DANISH: Pauline
DUTCH: Paulien
ENGLISH: Pauleen, Paulene, Paulina, Pauline
FINNISH: Pauliina
FRENCH: Pauline
GERMAN: Pauline
ITALIAN: Paolina
LITHUANIAN: Paulina
MACEDONIAN: Pavlina
NORWEGIAN: Pauline
POLISH: Paulina
PORTUGUESE: Paulina
RUSSIAN: Polina
SLOVAK: Paulína
SLOVENE: Pavlina
SPANISH: Paulina
SWEDISH: Paulina, Pauline
UKRAINIAN: Polina
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
BULGARIAN: Polya
DUTCH: Lien
ENGLISH: Lina
ITALIAN: Lina
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Apollinaris
ANCIENT ROMAN: Paulinus
FRENCH: Apollinaire
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Apollon
ITALIAN: Paolino
POLISH: Apolinary
PORTUGUESE: Paulino
SPANISH: Apolinar, Paulino
OTHER FORMS
ALBANIAN: Pal, Pali, Pavli
ANCIENT ROMAN: Paula, Paulus
ARABIC: Boulos, Bulus
ARMENIAN: Boghos, Poghos
BIBLICAL GREEK: Paulos
BIBLICAL LATIN: Paulus
BIBLICAL: Paul
BRETON: Paol
BULGARIAN: Pavel
CATALAN: Pau, Paula, Pol
CORSICAN: Paulu
CROATIAN: Paula, Pavao, Pavica, Pavle, Pavo
CZECH: Pavel, Pavla
DANISH: Palle, Paul, Paula, Poul
DUTCH: Paul, Paula, Pauwel
ENGLISH: Paul, Paula, Pauletta, Paulie
ESPERANTO: Paĉjo, Paŭlo
ESTONIAN: Paavo
FAROESE: Páll
FINNISH: Paavali, Paavo, Paula, Pauli
FRENCH: Paul, Paule, Paulette
GALICIAN: Paulo
GEORGIAN: Pavle
GERMAN: Paul, Paula
GREEK: Pavlos
HUNGARIAN: Pál, Paula
ICELANDIC: Pála, Páll
IRISH: Pól
ITALIAN: Paola, Paolo
LATVIAN: Pāvils
LITHUANIAN: Paulius
MACEDONIAN: Pavel, Pavle
MAORI: Paora
NORWEGIAN: Pål, Paul, Paula
OCCITAN: Pau
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Pavelu
POLISH: Paula, Paweł
PORTUGUESE: Paula, Paulinha, Paulinho, Paulo
ROMANIAN: Paul, Paula
RUSSIAN: Pasha, Pavel
SCOTTISH: Pàl, Pòl
SERBIAN: Pavle
SLOVAK: Pavol
SLOVENE: Pavel, Pavla
SPANISH: Pablo, Paola, Paula
SWEDISH: Pål, Paul, Paula
UKRAINIAN: Pavlo