It's not a shortname any Spaniard would choose, either. The usual one is Tere for Teresa o Maritere for María Teresa (or Teresita, or any other diminutive)... and they're rather low-class.
But at least Paulina is believable and appropriate for the time. That's the kind of name Benito Pérez Galdós would give a character :P
Spanish nobility had (and still have) rather "unique" names because they used to have three or more first names and two surnames, any of which might be composite. For example, the link above went to the Duchess of Alba that Goya painted. The current Duchess of Alba's full name is Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, and our present king is Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias. Their surnames start at "Fitz-James Stuart" and "de Borbón", respectively.
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Date: 2010-05-14 02:31 pm (UTC)But at least Paulina is believable and appropriate for the time. That's the kind of name Benito Pérez Galdós would give a character :P
Spanish nobility had (and still have) rather "unique" names because they used to have three or more first names and two surnames, any of which might be composite. For example, the link above went to the Duchess of Alba that Goya painted. The current Duchess of Alba's full name is Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, and our present king is Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias. Their surnames start at "Fitz-James Stuart" and "de Borbón", respectively.