Panich Family History
Panich Name Meaning
Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Panić Slovenian Panič (see Panic ) and in some cases probably also of Croatian and Serbian Penić Slovenian Penič (see Penich ). Ukrainian (standard transliteration Panych) and Jewish (from Ukraine): nickname for dandy one who wants to do a clean job from Ukrainian panych ‘young nobleman’. Americanized form of Polish Panicz: patronymic from Pan or a status name or nickname from Old Polish panicz ‘son of lord landowner; young nobleman’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022