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Globally, Pauly (Pauly , بولي , Поли , along with others...) is quite a rare gender-neutral given name. The first name Pauly is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare girly name, Guatemala, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Guatemala, Bulgaria, and Egypt. Likewise, Pauly is the last name as well as the forename.
Pauly is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Paulie Pennina , the fictional character in Rocky; Polly Plummer , the fictional girl, second lead character in The Magician's Nephew (Narnia, book 6); Polly , the fictional character in Doctor Who, Twice Upon a Time; Paulie Gualtieri , the fictional character from The Sopranos and Boss Paulie Pintero , the secondary villain in Enemy of the State, and in many other works.