Papes Family History
Papes Name Meaning
Americanized form of Slovenian Czech and Croatian Papež Slovak Pápež ‘pope’ (see Papez ). Croatian and Czech (Papeš); Slovak (Pápeš): variant of Papež Slovak Pápež ‘pope’ (see Papez ). English: variant of Pape with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022