I picture Paola as dark haired, classy, popular, and confident. I only knew one Paola, and everybody called her "PAY-oh-luh", so if you name somebody Paola in America, you'll probably get a lot of that.
Hey y'all, my name is Paola and sometimes I would wish so much that it wasn't my name. Most of my teachers always mispronounce it and it bothers me so much to have to say it for them. But no matter how much I say I hate it, it's the name I was born with and I like it A LOT (and so do the BOYS). Well that's all, hope y'all have good comments on it too cause I think it's not that bad.
Queen Paola is the elegant wife of King Albert of the Belgians, yet it's hard for me to believe that such an elegant queen could share the name of a VERY not-classy classmate of mine!
-- Anonymous User 11/22/2006
The typical Spanish form is Paula, not Paola. [noted -ed]
Paola is a classic Italian name, overused in the 1950s and 1960s. It was the 2nd most popular name in Rome in 1951, 1956 and 1961 (always behind Patrizia). It is not very popular today.