Given name & surname · also Polish
Pasternak
Pasternak is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Yiddish. It is used in English, Italian, and Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Pasternak comes from Polish, and ultimately from Yiddish.
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How it developed
From Polish Pasternak, from Ukrainian Пастернак, from Yiddish פּאַסטערנאַק.
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Pasternak’s family of names
In English usage, Pasternak as a surname has a related form in PASTERNACK. In English usage, Pasternak as a surname has a related form in PASTERNACK. In Polish usage, Pasternak as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Pastrnak.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pasternak has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Yiddish roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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