Meaning & History
Means "son of Pavel". A famous bearer of this surname was the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.
Related Names
RootPavel (given name)
VariantPavlovsky(Russian)
Feminine FormsPavlova, Pavlovskaya(Russian) Pavlova(Bulgarian)
Other Languages & CulturesBoulos(Arabic) Pavlova(Bulgarian) Pavić, Pavičić, Pavlović(Croatian) Paulsen, Poulsen(Danish) Paul, Paulis, Paulissen, Pauwels(Dutch) Paul, Paulson(English) Pauwels(Flemish) Paul(French) Paul, Pohl(German) Pál(Hungarian) Paulauskaitė, Paulauskas, Paulauskienė(Lithuanian) Pavlovska, Pavlovski(Macedonian) Paulsen(Norwegian) Pawlak(Polish) Pavlova, Pavlovskaya(Russian) Pavlović(Serbian) Pavlenko, Pavlyuk(Ukrainian)