Pace Family History
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Pace Name Meaning
English: from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis (see Pascal, Italian Pasquale). nickname for a mild-mannered and peaceable person, from Middle English pace, pece ‘peace’, ‘concord’, ‘amity’ (via Anglo-Norman French from Latin pax, genitive pacis). Italian: from the medieval personal name Pace, used for both men and women, from the word pace ‘peace’ (see 1).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Pack, Pate, Mace, Place, Page, Pane, Pape, Lace, Race, Ace