Surname

Páez

Páez is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish and Galician.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Páez comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek Πελάγιος, from Ancient Greek πελάγιος, built from Ancient Greek πέλαγος + -ιος.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Páez’s family of names

In Galician usage, Páez as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Peláez. In Galician usage, Páez as a surname has a related form in Paz. In Galician usage, Páez as a surname has a related form in Paz.

Walk Páez’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Páez has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

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5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Ancient Greek

Pië

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek · Nature

Paio

“of the sea”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Pasi

“a small or humble man”

No U.S. birth series

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Ancient Greek

Pankka

Pankka is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Pantsu

Pantsu is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Peleus

Peleus is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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Ancient Greek

Pilade

Pilade is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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