Paglia

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Paglia is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English58%

  Perhaps ‘gatherer of straw’ or ‘maker of straw articles’ (from Italian paglia ‘straw’).

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  Camilla, US writer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Spanish15%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Paglia in Spanish.

• Italian10%

  straw (dry stalks)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  do lat. palea; ligado à palha ou a localidade assim chamada

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  grafia italiana; var. de Palha

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• French6.0%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Paglia in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Paglia is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Italy

  Also written Палья

• Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy

  Also written Pağlia

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

• Nicola Pagliab. 1197ITItalian Roman Catholic friar and blessed
• Enrico Pagliab. 1834ITbotanist (1834-1889)
• Ciro Pagliab. 1940ITItalian journalist and essayist (1940–2013)
• Vincenzo Pagliab. 1945ITItalian catholic archbishop
• Camille Pagliab. 1947USAmerican feminist academic and critic (born 1947)
• Ernesto Pagliab. 1959BRBrazilian television journalist
• Arturo Pagliab. 1970ITItalian actor and film producer
• Gianfranco Pagliab. 1970ITItalian politician
• Giovanni Pagliab. 1977ITItalian politician
• Jaime PagliaUSTelevision writer, producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Paglia mean, and where does it come from?

Perhaps ‘gatherer of straw’ or ‘maker of straw articles’ (from Italian paglia ‘straw’). Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Paglia?

A machine transcription gives /ˈpæɡɫiə/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Paglia have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Paglia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled paglia.

Where is Paglia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Paglia is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 18 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Paglia?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,558 people named Paglia in 2010, about 1 in 214 thousand residents.