Given name & surname
Paschal
“born during Easter”
Paschal is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Paschal is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Paschal is a variant of Pascal. Pascal has been associated with Late Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin paschālis, from Hebrew פסח (pésakh).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paschal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 592
- 592 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 519 as a first name in 2020; 5,581 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.
Paschal’s family of names
In English usage, Paschal shares an earlier linguistic root with Pascal. In English usage, Paschal has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Paschalis. Paschal has a related form in Pascal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Paschal has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paschal
- Paschal DonohoeIrish politicianborn 1974
- Paschal Beverly RandolphAmerican physician and writer (1825–1875)
- Paschal Topnoarchbishop1932–2025
- Paschal RobinsonRoman Catholic diplomat and archbishop (1870-1948)
- Paschal de l'EstocartFrench Renaissance composer1538–1584
- Paschal SweeneyAustralian Catholic Bishop1912–1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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