Paxman Family History
Paxman Name Meaning
English: occupational name for the servant (Middle English man) of someone named Pack or Pake. See Pask . Also a variant of Packman with intrusive -s-. Americanized form of German Paxmann: perhaps from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with bag reflected by Old High German bagan ‘to fight’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022