Given name & surname
Pasquale
“born on Easter”·“born during Easter”
In French use, Pasquale has a related form in Pascale. In French use, Pascale carries the interpretation “born on Easter.” Pasquale is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Pasquale has a related form in Pascale. In French use, Pascale carries the interpretation “born on Easter.” Pasquale is a variant of Pascal. One Latin interpretation is “born during Easter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pasquale 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 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pasquale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,138
- 10,138 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 262 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,781 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,781 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 262 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,834 as a first name in 2020; 3,351 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.
Pasquale’s family of names
Pasquale shares a linguistic root with Pascal. In Italian usage, Pasquale has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Pascual. Pasquale has a related form in Pascal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pasquale has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pasquale
- Pasquale PaoliCorsican leader (1725–1807)
- Gabriele FerzettiItalian actor (1925-2015)
- Pasquale AnfossiItalian opera composer1727–1797
- Pasquale PanellaItalian poet, actor and writerborn 1950
- Pasquale Festa CampanileItalian screenwriter, film director and novelist (1927–1986)
- Pasquale CicognaDoge of Venice (1509-1595)
- Pasquale SquitieriItalian film director (1938-2017)
- Lino BanfiItalian actorborn 1936
- Pasquale FoggiaItalian footballerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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