Pavelić (alternatively spelled Pavelic, Pavelich), is a Croatian

family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surname based on the male given name

Pavel Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People G ...

Pavle Pavle (Macedonian language, Macedonian and sr-Cyrl, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to the English Paul (given name), Paul; the name is of biblical origin, coming from ...

or Pavao, which is a local variant of

Paul Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

. It is closely related to a number of other

Slavic surnames A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic ...

with the same etymology such as

Pavlović Pavlović (Serbo-Croatian) or Pavlovič (in Slovenian and Slovak) is a surname of South Slavic origin stemming from the male given name Pavao, Pavle or Pavel, which are all Slavic variants of Paul. It was formed using the patronymic suffix -o ...

(Pavlovich), Pavletić (Pavletich) or Pavličić (Pavlichich). Historically they come from the area around the

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n towns of

Gospić Gospić () is a town in Lika, Croatia. It is the seat of the Lika-Senj County. Geography Gospić is located in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika. It is the administrative center of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located n ...

and

Senj Senj is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress () which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks, who were ...

. It ranks as the 251st most common family name in Croatia and there is around 2,000 people living in Croatia today with the surname Pavelić, some 450 of them in the capital

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

List of persons with the surname

Ante Pavelić (1869–1938) Ante Pavelić (; 19 May 1869 – 11 February 1938) was a Croatian and Yugoslavia, Yugoslav dentist and politician. In Croatian sources, he is usually referred as (Senior) or (the Dentist) to be distinguished from the better known Independen ...

, Croatian dentist and politician *

Ante Pavelić Ante Pavelić (; 14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fasc ...

(1889–1959), Croatian fascist dictator and war criminal *

Bruno Pavelić Brunislav "Bruno" Pavelić ( sr-cyr, Брунислав "Бруно" Павелић; 4 March 1937 – 28 September 2021), was a Serbian basketball player. Playing career Pavelić grew up playing basketball with KK Lokomotiva Zemun. Also, he occ ...

(1937–2021), Serbian basketball player *

Ivo Pavelić Ivan A. "Ivo" Pavelić (10 February 1908 – 22 February 2011) was a Croatian swimmer, football player and skier. As a swimmer he competed for Yugoslavia at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Early life Pavelić was born in Zagreb as the son of politicia ...

(1908–2011), Croatian sportsman and businessman * Krešimir Pavelić (born 1952), Croatian medical scientist *

Mark Pavelich Mark Thomas Pavelich (February 28, 1958 – March 4, 2021) was an American professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward who played 355 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North St ...

(1958–2021), American ice hockey player * Marty Pavelich (1922–2024), Canadian retired ice hockey player *

Matt Pavelich Matt Pavelich (born March 12, 1934) is a Canadian retired former National Hockey League ice-hockey linesman, the first to ever be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987. After his career as an NHL linesman, Pavelich served as Supervisor of O ...

(born 1934), Canadian ice hockey linesman *

Myfanwy Pavelic Myfanwy Pavelic, DFA (April 27, 1916 – May 7, 2007) née Spencer, was a portrait artist. Early life and career Born in Victoria, British Columbia to an upper-class family, her first interests in fine art came after meeting with Emily Carr ...

(1916–2007; née Spencer) Canadian portrait artist

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List of persons with the surname

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