as a Last Name
- 14,540
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Paz
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Portuguese: from the Marian epithet paz ‘peace’ (Latin pax, genitive pacis): María de la Paz (Spanish), Maria da Paz (Portuguese). The name was often assumed, as an approximate translation of the Hebrew personal name Shelomo, by Jews converted to Christianity.
| 2,157th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,540
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Paz per capita
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