Given name & surname
Pascual
“born during Easter”
Pascual is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pascual is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pascual is a variant of Pascal. Pascal has been associated with Late Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pascual through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,054
- 3,054 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #3,491 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,491 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 1993. In 2025, California and Florida shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,008 as a first name in 2020; 12,391 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.
Pascual’s family of names
Pascual shares a linguistic root with Pascal. In Spanish usage, Pascual has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Pasquale. Pascual has a related form in Pascal.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pascual has relatives in 5 languages.
3 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pascual
- Pascual JordanGerman physicist and politician (1902-1980)
- Pascual Ortiz RubioPresident of Mexico (1930-1932)1877–1963
- Pascual Pérezboxer (1926-1977)
- Pascual MadozSpanish politician, statistician (1806–1870)
- Paschal BaylónSpanish friar (1540-1592)
- Antonio AguilarMexican singer and actor (1919–2007)
- Pascual OrozcoMexican general and politician (1882–1915)
- Pascual de AndagoyaSpanish Basque conquistador (1495-1548)1498–1548
- Pascual Cervera y TopeteSpanish admiral (1839-1909)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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