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Well, all I can tell you is that it was extremely rare in France itself during the entire 20th century, because it is not mentioned at all in a book I own called "La cote des prenoms en 2004".

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IF it was ever used in the USA during the 19th century, it was probably proounced with the last syllable as the word "line", just as Caroline, Emmeline, and Adeline were back then.

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The name is almost nonexistent in US census records found on Ancestry.com. There's a 38 year old woman in the 1870 census of Wake County, North Carolina listed as Pomeline, but I can't find her in any other census. There is a woman born in Tennessee and living in Texas in the 1900 census, but her gravestone shown on Ancestry.com has her as "Pomelia". There is a five year old girl whose parents were born in Austria listed as Pomeline in the 1920 census of Pennsylvania, but in later censuses she is Pauline. It is of course possible she was named Pomeline and that got "Americanized" to Pauline. There is also a 12 year old boy in the 1920 census in Mississippi listed as "Pomeline"; in later records he is Pomelone.

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So in the USA this name has been so rare as to be practically unique.

This message was edited 11/23/2022, 8:14 AM