Worldwide, Pasternak (Pasternak 
, Пастернак 
, Pasternack 
) is a very rare epicene first name. The given name Pasternak is habitual in Poland, where it is a very rare female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. Likewise, Pasternak is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Pasternak | Germany, Poland, Brazil, United States, Israel |
| Пастернак | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
| Pasternack | Germany, Brazil, Canada, United States, Israel |
| פסטרנק | Israel |
Pasternák, Леонидович, Пастарнак, and Пастэрнак
| heřman pasternak holocaust victim, b. 1900-02-07 (b. 1900) |
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| gil pasternak researcher |
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| taras pasternak researcher, UA |
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