Pavelić (alternatively spelled Pavelic, Pavelich, or Pavlich), is a Croatian
family name. It is a
patronymic surname based on the male given name
Pavel,
Pavle or
Pavao, which is a local variant of
Paul. It is closely related to a number of other
Slavic surnames with the same etymology such as
Pavlović (Pavlovich),
Pavletić (Pavletich) or
Pavličić (Pavlichich). Historically they come from the area around the
Croatian towns of
Gospić and
Senj.[1] 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.[1]
Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), Croatian fascist dictator and war criminal
Bruno Pavelić (1937–2021), Serbian basketball player
Ivo Pavelić (1908–2011), Croatian sportsman and businessman
Katie Pavlich (born 1988), American conservative commentator, author, blogger, and podcaster
Mark Pavelich (1958–2021), American ice hockey player
Marty Pavelich (born 1927), Canadian retired ice hockey player
Matt Pavelich (born 1934), Canadian ice hockey linesman
Myfanwy Pavelic (1916–2007; née Spencer) Canadian portrait artist
References
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ab"Pavelić". ImeHrvatsko.net (in Croatian). Archived from
the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
Surname list
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surnamePavelić, Pavelic, or Pavelich. If an
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