Given name & surname · also Hebrew, Late Latin
Pascal
“born during Easter”
Pascal is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Late Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pascal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,561
- 2,550 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,636 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,636 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,603 as a first name in 2020; 3,222 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pascal’s family of names
In French usage, Pascal has a diminutive in Pascaline. Pascal shares a linguistic root with Pascual. In English usage, Pascal has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Pasquale.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pascal has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
18 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- PaceEnglish
- PascoCornish
- PasqualinoItalian
- Pascualafeminine form
- Pisəħequivalent
- פסחequivalent
- ПасхалийRussian
- ΠασχάληςGreek
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pascal
- Pasquale PaoliCorsican leader (1725–1807)
- Pascal GroßGerman footballer (born 1991)
- Pascal Couchepinmember of the Swiss Federal Councilborn 1942
- Pascal LissoubaFirst President of the Republic of the Congo (1931–2020)
- Pascal QuignardFrench writerborn 1948
- Pascal LamyFrench businessman and political advisorborn 1947
- Pascal WehrleinGerman racing driverborn 1994
- Pascal ChimbondaFrench footballer (born 1979)
- Pascal ZuberbühlerSwiss footballerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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