Given name & surname · also Arabic
Paz
“the golden one”·“a peaceful man”
Paz is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “the golden one” (Arabic) and “a peaceful man” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original SpanishPeláez
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “the golden one” (Arabic) and “a peaceful man” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Arabic and Spanish naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 847
- 201 boys · 646 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,407 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,407 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,554 as a first name in 2020; 27,105 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Paz’s family of names
In Galician usage, Paz as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Peláez. In Spanish usage, Paz has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Irena. Paz has a conventional naming counterpart in Gentzane.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Paz has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Paisvariant · English, Galician
- Páezvariant · Galician
- Paesvariant · Galician
- Pazzvariant
- Pazzeyvariant
- Pazzeavariant
- Pazzeevariant
- Pazzievariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paz
- Paz VegaSpanish actressborn 1976
- Adela ZamudioBolivian writer1854–1928
- Paz LenchantinArgentine-American musicianborn 1973
- Paz EncinaParaguayan director and screenwriterborn 1971
- Paz BascuñánChilean actressborn 1975
- Paz Alicia GarciadiegoMexican screenwriter (born 1949)
- Paz Fernández FelguerosoSpanish politicianborn 1937
- Paz Esteban LópezSpanish official and Director of the National Intelligence Centerborn 1958
- Paz ErrázurizChilean photographer (born 1944)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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