MEANING & HISTORY
What does Pax mean?
Pax is the Latin word for peace used as a personal name. Roman mythology also personified Pax as the goddess of peace, a cultural association of the same word.
The lexical meaning is direct rather than a reconstructed compound. The name’s modern adoption can value that idea without implying a specific religious practice or a predicted personality. Its short spelling preserves the Latin word instead of shortening an unrelated longer name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin Pāx (“Peace”).
A female given name from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Pax
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pax Mangudadatu
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Pax Mangudadatu
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Pax in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Pax
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Paz♀Peace in Spanish; gold in a separate Hebrew account
- Paco♂Spanish affectionate form of Francisco
- Paul♂Small or little
- Pablo♂Spanish form of Paul; small
- Paeng♂Familiar form of Rafael; God heals
- Pando·As a Spanish word: curved; also shallow or slow in context
- Paolo♂Italian form of Paul; small
- Pared·As a Spanish word: wall or partition
What rhymes with Pax?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Pax
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Pax further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q12044466 — Pax (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Pax Mangudadatu (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q12044466 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Pax (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Pax (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.