Polette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- po-LET
- Origin
- Latin
Polette is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “small, humble”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Polette mean?
Latin: variant of Paulette, French feminine of Paul
“small, humble”
Is Polette a girl's or a boy's name?
Polette is a girls' name.
How popular is Polette in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Polette in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Polette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Polette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Phoebe, Luna, Marlowe, Ellie, Solene, Vivienne, Paisley, Sylvie, Bennett, Promise, Presley, Juliette
Names related to Polette
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Polette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/polette, updated 20 October 2026.