Family name origins & meanings
- English (southern) : from the medieval female personal name Pavia, which is of uncertain origin. Reaney and Wilson suggest it may be from Old French pavie ‘peach’ or Pavie ‘woman from Pavia’ (see 2).
- English (southern) : habitational name from Pavia in Lombardy, Italy.
- English (southern) : variant of Paver.