THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Poleng
Poleng is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Paula, Pauline, and Paulina as a short or familiar form. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /poˈleŋ/Standard-Tagalog
- [poˈlɛŋ]Standard-Tagalog
Po · leng2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Pauli (“Paulina”) + -ng (“diminutive suffix”), Pauli is a diminutive of Paulina.
a diminutive of the female given names Paula, Pauline, and Paulina
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Poleng in the birth records
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Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Poleng
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Loleng♀Short form of Dolores
- Apleng♀Short form of Apple
- Domeng♂Short form of Domingo
- Paeng♂Short form of Rafael
- Andeng♀Short form of Andrea
- Enteng♂Short form of Vicente
- Neneng♀From nene + -ng.
- Pol·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Poleng?
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- Wiktionary contributors — Poleng (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.