Entry № 8047 · Latin origin

Pax Pax — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PAKS /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Peace (Pax Romana; Angelina Jolie's son Pax)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "peace (pax romana; angelina jolie's son pax)".

Pax is from the Latin pax (peace) — the personification of peace in Roman mythology (the equivalent of the Greek Eirene). Pax in classical art — Roman Pax appears on coins, statues, and friezes throughout the Roman imperial period; her iconography (caduceus, olive branch, cornucopia) influenced Western depictions of peace for 2,000+ years. Princess Pax — modern celebrity-naming examples.

Peace (Pax Romana; Angelina Jolie's son Pax) — a Latin name.

The name in its native script.

Pax
Transliteration
Pax
Pronunciation
/ pæks /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pax stands.

Pax does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Paxs before her.

Real people
Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt
Angelina + Brad's son.
born 2003
In fiction
Pax Romana
200 years of Roman empire peace.

Names connected to Pax.

The number behind Pax.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pax reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.