Pascal (surname)

Pascal is a French and an Italian surname of Romance origin.[1]

Pascal
Blaise Pascal, French philosopher
Origin
Word/nameLatin, in turn of Hebrew
Meaningrelated to Easter
Region of originFrance, Italy, Neo-Latin Languages
Other names
Variant form(s)Paschal, Pasquale, Pasqual, Pascual

Origin of the surname

Pascal is a patronymic surname that derives from the personal given name Pascal, from Latin Paschalis.[2] In France Pascal is especially found in the Southern-Eastern area, in Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,[3] while in Italy Pascal is found in Northern-Western area, in Piedmont, Aosta Valley[4][5] and the variant De Pascal in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[6][7]

People

Fictional characters

  • Ana Pascal, the love interest of the main character from the film Stranger than Fiction (2006)
  • Mattia Pascal, the main character in The Late Mattia Pascal, novel by Luigi Pirandello
  • Esmée Pascal, a police officer appearing in the second season of Dexter

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See also

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