Pascoe

Pascoe is a Cornish given name and surname which means "Easter children" from the Cornish language Pask, cognate of Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Pascoe is a Cornish pet form of the name Pascal, introduced by the Norman knights into England after the Conquest started in 1066, and derives from the Latin paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Alternative spellings are Pasco, Pascow and Pascho. Pascoe is the most common Cornish name.[1]

For other uses, see Pascoe (disambiguation).

Pascoe
Gendermasculine
Origin
Word/nameCornish (from Latin)
Meaning"associated with Passover (or Easter)"
Other names
Related namesPasco, Pasko, Pascal, Pascale, Pascalle, Paschal, Paskal, Paschalis, Pascaline, Pasquale, Pasqual, Pascual

"Pascoe" is also a Russian, Ukrainian and Macedonian name as it is the modern adaptation of the Slavic name "Pasko" (Macedonian: Паско; Russian or Ukrainian: Пасько) due to 18th and 19th century migration from Eastern Europe, creating the alternative Romanised spelling.

Pasco is found as surname in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and France. Pasco is also a rare Italian surname found in Northern Italy: Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Tuscany.[2] Both the Italian and the English surnames share the same Latin root and derive from the Latin word Pascha.

Notable people with this given name

Notable people with the surname Pascoe

Fictional characters
  • Harris Pascoe, a recurring character in the Poldark series of books and television
  • Peter Pascoe, in Dalziel and Pascoe, series of crime novels by Reginald Hill
  • Jackie Webb (née Pascoe), fictional character on television series Footballers' Wives, played by Gillian Taylforth
  • Kyle Pascoe, in British drama Footballers' Wives, played by Gary Lucy
  • Pascoe, the village pastor in Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers
  • Victor Pascow, wreck victim in Stephen King's "Pet Cemetery" .

Notable people with the surname Pasco

See also

References
  1. White, G. Pawley, A Handbook of Cornish Surnames.
  2. "PASCO significato origine cognome famiglia | Gens". www.gens.info.
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