Pass Family History
Pass Name Meaning
English: from a pet form of the medieval personal name Passe probably a pet form of Pascal . German: topographic name from Pass ‘pass passage’ (from Middle Low German pas ‘pace passage way water gauge’). Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name or nickname from Yiddish and Polish pas ‘belt girdle’. English: topographic name from Middle English pas(e) ‘path passage’ (Old French pas) perhaps signifying someone who lived at or near a passage or a place so named. Compare Passage .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022