Pacific: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Pacific – Meaning: peaceful, peace-making (from Latin pacificus, applied by Magellan to the ocean after a calm crossing) – Origin: Latin (word name) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: puh-SIF-ik


Pacific is a Latin (word name) boy's name meaning “peaceful, peace-making (from Latin pacificus, applied by Magellan to the ocean after a calm crossing)”. It appears in 4 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Pacific

Meaning: Peaceful, peace-making (from Latin pacificus, applied by Magellan to the ocean after a calm crossing).

Origin: Latin (word name).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Pacific

Phonetic: puh-SIF-ik   IPA: /pəˈsɪfɪk/

Popularity of Pacific

Pacific doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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