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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian, Spanish (Pacífico), and Portuguese : from the medieval personal name or nickname Pacifico, meaning ‘peaceful’, ‘peace-loving’ (Latin pacificus).
  • Jewish (from Italy) : adoption of the Italian surname as an approximate translation of the Hebrew name Shelomo (see Solomon).

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