PAVLOVIć
Recorded variant spellings include Pavlovic
Shrew is a term used to describe a small, terrestrial mammal belonging to the order Soricomorpha. The name derives from Middle English shrew, which in turn comes from Old English sċrowe, a word of Germanic origin that is cognate with German Schlauf and Dutch schrowe. The sense of the word has remained essentially the same since the 12th century, referring to the animal and not to a person.
The claim that the surname Pavlović means “son of the shrew” is not supported by reliable linguistic evidence. The suffix -ović is a patronymic marker common in South‑Eastern Slavic languages, indicating “son of”. The root Pavl- comes from the Slavic form of the personal name Pavle, which is the Serbian adaptation of the Latin Paulus (“small”). Thus Pavlović simply means “son of Pavle (Paul)”. No documented etymological work links the root pav in this context to the English word shrew or to a Slavic word meaning “shrew”. The purported connection appears to stem from a misunderstanding or an unverified folk etymology.
Typical given names associated with the Pavlović surname
Male
- Alexander
- Anthony
- Branko
- Brett
- Ivan
- Marko
- Martin
- Michael
- Milan
- Paul
- Peter
- Veselin
- Zoran
Female
- Alexandria
- Ana
- Claire
- Dragana
- Emma
- Jelena
- Joan
- Laura
- Linda
- Marjorie
- Michelle
- Olga
- Vesna
Similar and related surnames
Related and similar names are generated algorithmically based on the spelling, and may not necessarily share an etymology.
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There are approximately 246 people named Pavlović in the UK. That makes it one of Britain's least common surnames. Only around four in a million people in Britain are named Pavlović.
Origin: Slavic
Region of origin: Europe
Religion of origin: Christian
