"Blend of Ana and Paula"
The name Anapaula is commonly a female name.
Anapaula is a compound of two established given names, Ana and Paula, joined into a single word. In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries the pair is written with a space as Ana Paula, where Ana is the local form of Anna and Paula is the feminine of Paulo or Pablo. The joined spelling Anapaula is the same combination, and it enters United States birth records from 1996 onward.
The pronunciation of Anapaula is ah-nuh-PAW-luh.
