Paulinho

Paulinho is a Portuguese diminutive name.

It is frequently used as a nickname of various people named "Paulo" (Paul -inho, the little Paul).

In this case it is often combined with an epithet, sometimes a demonym referring to their place of origin, to distinguish them from other people with the same nickname, as shown in several of the following examples:

*Paulinho Da Costa, Brazilian Percussionist
*Jacinto Paulinho, Portuguese cyclist, and his son
*Sérgio Paulinho, Portuguese cyclist, realname "Sérgio Miguel Moreira"
*Paulinho Santos, Portuguese footballer

Brazilian footballers

*Paulinho Criciúma, realname "Paulo Roberto Rocha" footballer born in Criciúma
*Paulinho Piracicaba, realname "Paulo Robspierry Carreiro" footballer born in Piracicaba
*Paulo Sergio Betanin, Brazilian football (soccer) player born in Rio Grande do Sul.
*Paulinho Gaúcho, active in 1980s.
*Paulo Benedito Bonifácio Maximiano, Brazilian footballer
*Paulinho Guará

ee also

*lookfrom|Paulinho
*Paul
*Paulo