Pacific as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pacific

What is the meaning of the name Pacific ?

The baby name Pacific is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced puh-SIF-ik (IPA: /pəˈsɪfɪk/).

Pacific is Latin in Origin.

From Latin pacificus “peace-making, peaceful,” built on pax “peace” + facere “to make,” Pacific arrived in English via French pacifique and later named the world’s largest ocean, so called by Magellan (Mar Pacífico) for its placid waters. As a given name in English, it reads as a modern virtue and nature–geography choice, suggesting serenity, breadth, and reconciliation.

Usage is rare in Anglophone records, but the root appears in ecclesiastical history: Pacificus/Pacifico occurs in medieval and early modern contexts, including St. Pacificus (San Pacifico of San Severino, 1653–1721), which sustains the name in Romance-speaking countries. Variants and cognates include Pacifica (feminine), Pacificus (Latin), Pacifico (Italian), Pacífico/Pacífica (Spanish/Portuguese), and Pacifique (French). All carry the meaning “peaceful; peacemaker” and may appeal as a unisex option with both virtue and maritime resonance.