Panic Family History
Panic Surname Meaning
Serbian and Croatian (Panić): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Pantelije from Greek Pantaleōn (see Pantaleo).
Croatian (Panić) and Slovenian (Panič): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Pankracije (Croatian) Pankracij (Slovenian) from Latin Pancratius (see Pankratz).
Compare Panich and Panick. Polish: derivative of pan ‘lord master landowner’ (see Pan).
The same Sorbian surname is found only in a Germanized form Panitz.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
