Family name origins & meanings
- Polish : patronymic from Paszek, a pet form of the personal name Paweł (see Paul).
- Polish : perhaps a variant of Paszczak, patronymic from the nickname Paszcza meaning ‘mouth’ or ‘jaw’.
- Polish : Paszczak also denotes a sea fish, known in English as the John Dory, and this too could be the origin of the surname.