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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish : patronymic from Paszek, a pet form of the personal name Paweł (see Paul).
  • Polish : perhaps a variant of Paszczak, patronymic from the nickname Paszcza meaning ‘mouth’ or ‘jaw’.
  • Polish : Paszczak also denotes a sea fish, known in English as the John Dory, and this too could be the origin of the surname.

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