Pascal

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Paschal in US United States, TZ Tanzania, SG Singapore and Pasca in IT Italy.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other recorded senses●

Pascal is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, du nom latin Paschālis, dérivé de Pascha ‘Pâques’, de l’hébreu pāsáḥ ‘il a passé au-dessus’.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Du latin paschalis, « de Pâques »; lié à la tradition pascale, à la sortie d’Égypte et à la fin de l’esclavage.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin Paschalis, « relatif à Pâques »; origine latine/chrétienne.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Du latin paschalis, « de Pâques, pascal ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Swedish, Pascal är en fransk form av latinets Paschalis (från pascha ’påskhögtid’, i sin tur från arameiskans pishá och ursprungligen hebreiskans pesah med samma betydelse). En känd namnbärare är den franske matematikern och filosofen Blaise Pascal (1623–62). Efter honom är måttenheten för tryck, pascal, uppkallad.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 124 years between 1889–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Franchot Toneb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1905-1968)
• Raoul Coutardb. 1924FRnot in their usual nameFrench cinematographer (1924-2016)
• Pascal Couchepinb. 1942CHmember of the Swiss Federal Council
• Pascal Brucknerb. 1948FRFrench writer
• Pascal Koupakib. 1951BJBeninese politician
• Pascal Greggoryb. 1954FRFrench actor
• Pascal Nyabendab. 1966BIBurundian politician
• Pascal Laugierb. 1971FRFrench film director
• Cédric Carrassob. 1981FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1981)
• Pascal Großb. 1991DEGerman footballer (born 1991)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 992 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pascal?

We estimate roughly 6.3 thousand people bear Pascal (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Pascal have the most bearers?

Pascal is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled pascal.

How common is Pascal compared with other names?

In France, Pascal is the 44th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Pascal a male or female name?

Pascal is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Pascal mean?

Recorded meaning: From Late Latin Paschdlis ‘relating to Easter’ Also: Paschal.