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Worldwide, Paulinus (Paulinus , Павлин , Паулин ) is a common mostly masculine, but infrequently female first name. The first name Paulinus is characteristic of Namibia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently girly name, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, Indonesia, and Tanzania. Likewise, Paulinus is the last name as well as the forename.