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Pascal (given name)

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Pascal
Pronunciationpahs-KALL
Genderunisex
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaning"associated with Easter (Passover)"
Other names
Related names
  • Pascale
  • Pascalle
  • Paschal
  • Paskal
  • Pashk
  • Paschalis
  • Pascaline
  • Pasquale
  • Pascoale
  • Pascoal
  • Pasqual
  • Pascual
  • Pascoe
  • Pasco

Pascal is a unisex given name. It is a Francophone name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual and Portuguese name Pascoal.

Pascal is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include Pascale, Pascalle or Pascalina. Pascal is also common as a surname[1] in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as De Pascal, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia).

Pascal derives from the Latin paschalis or pashalis, which means "relating to Easter", from the Latin term for "Easter", pascha, Greek Πάσχα, from the Aramaic pasḥā (Hebrew pesach) "Passover" (since Passover coincides closely with the later Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both holidays). The Christian given name originally derives from the meaning "one born on Easter day", or "born on Pentecost" (see below).

Variations of the given name include: Paschal, Pasqual, Pasquale, Paskal, Pascoal, Pascale, Pascha, Paschalis, Pascual, Pascoe, and Pasco.

The name arises in the early medieval period, in Latin spelled Paschalis. An early bearer is Antipope Paschal (fl. 687), and Pope Paschal I (d. 824). A variant Latin form of the name is Paschasius; this is the name of the 9th-century Frankish saint Paschasius Radbertus. Peter Pascual (Petrus Paschasius, d. 1299) was a bishop and martyr of medieval Andalusia. Saint Pascal (or San Pasqual) refers to Paschal Baylon (1540–1592), a Spanish friar and mystic. Baylon was born on 24 May 1540 to Aragonese peasants. His parents named him Pasqual because he was born on the day of the feast of Pentecost (not Easter), because Pentecost in Spain was known as "the Pasch (or Passover) of the Holy Ghost" at the time.[2] After Pascual Baylon's beatification (1618) and canonization (1690), it became common to give the name Pascal to children born on the feast day of Saint Pascal (17 May) rather than on Easter or Pentecost, or independently of the child's date of birth.

People

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Fictional characters

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  • Pascal, a character from the action-role playing game Nier: Automata
  • Pascal, a character from the action-role playing game Tales of Graces
  • Pascal, Rapunzel's pet chameleon from the 2010 film Tangled
  • Pascal Sauvage, a character from the spy comedy Johnny English
  • Pascal Curious, a pre-made Sim from the social simulation game The Sims 2
  • Pascal Abaj, a character from Shaman King
  • Pascal, a sea otter NPC in the Animal Crossing series

References

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  1. ↑ "Pascal - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  2. ↑ Staniforth, Oswald. "St. Pascal Baylon." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911..

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