Family name origins & meanings
- Greek : reduced form of any of the surnames derived from the personal name Panagiotis (see Panagos).
- Greek : occupational name for a cloth merchant, from Greek pani or panna ‘cloth’ + the occupational suffix -as.
- Ukrainian and Polish : from the personal name Panas, a Ukrainian pet form of Afanasy, a derivative of Greek Athanasios (see Athanas).