The pace Surname
pace Name Meaning and History
- English: from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis (see Pascal, Italian Pasquale).
- nickname for a mild-mannered and peaceable person, from Middle English pace, pece ‘peace’, ‘concord’, ‘amity’ (via Anglo-Norman French from Latin pax, genitive pacis).
- Italian: from the medieval personal name Pace, used for both men and women, from the word pace ‘peace’ (see 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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