Pascal Cygan (born 1974), French retired footballer.Pascal Covici (1885–1964), Romanian Jewish-American book publisher and editor.Pascal Chimbonda (born 1979), French footballer.Pascal Charbonneau (born 1983), Canadian chess Grandmaster and financial analyst. Pascal Caffet (born 1962), French pastry confectioner and chocolate maker¨.Īfter 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. 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. ![]() Saint Pascal (or San Pasqual) refers to Paschal Baylon (1540–1592), a Spanish friar and mystic.īaylon was born on to Aragonese peasants. 1299) was a bishop and martyr of medieval Andalusia. 824).Ī variant Latin form of the name is Paschasius this is the name of the 9th-century Frankish saint Paschasius Radbertus. An early bearer is Antipope Paschal ( fl. The name arises in the early medieval period, in Latin spelled Paschalis. Variations of the given name include: Paschal, Pasqual, Pasquale, Paskal, Pascoal, Pascale, Pascha, Paschalis, Pascual, Pascoe, and Pasco. The Christian given name originally derives from the meaning "one born on Easter day", or "born on Pentecost" (see below). 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 the Jewish holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions). Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as De Pascal, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Derived feminine forms include Pascale, Pascalle or Pascalina. Pascal is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. It is a Francophone name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual and Portuguese name Pascoal.
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