Given name & surname
Pascale
“born on Easter”·“born during Easter”
Pascale is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Original FrenchPasquale
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Pascale carries the interpretation “born on Easter.” Pascale is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Pascale is used as a feminine counterpart of Pascal.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pascale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 629
- 0 boys · 629 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,542 as a first name in 2020; 2,585 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.
Pascale’s family of names
Pascale is a feminine form of Pascal. In French usage, Pascale has a related form in Pasquale. Pascale has a related form in Pascal.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Pasqualevariant · French
- Pascalvariant · French
- Paschavariant
- Pascaliavariant
- Pascallavariant
- Pasclinavariant
- Pascalinevariant
- Pascalavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pascale
- Pascale ArbillotFrench actressborn 1970
- Pascale PetitFrench actressborn 1938
- Pascale TrinquetFrench fencerborn 1958
- Pascale OgierFrench actress (1958-1984)
- Pascale HuttonCanadian actressborn 1979
- Pascale CossartFrench bacteriologistborn 1948
- Pascale AudretFrench actress (1936-2000)1935–2000
- Pascale EhrenfreundAustrian astronomerborn 1960
- Pascale FerranFrench film director (born 1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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