Pavelić

Pavelić, alternatively spelled Pavelic or Pavelich, is a Croatian family name. It is a patronymic surname based on the male given name Pavao or Pavle, which is the 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]

List of person with the surname

• Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), Croatian fascist leader
• Ante Pavelić (1869–1938), Croatian politician
• Ivo Pavelić (1908–2011), Croatian sportsman and businessman
• Jurica Pavelić, Croatian politician, served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Franjo Gregurić
• Mark Pavelich (born 1958), American retired 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

Matt Pavelich (born 1952), American novelist

References

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