Pascal is a French and an Italian

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of Romance origin.

Origin of the surname

Pascal is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surname that derives from the personal given name Pascal, from

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

Paschalis, which means "relating to Easter". In France Pascal is especially found in the Southern-Eastern area, in

Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône a ...

and

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...

, while in Italy Pascal is found in Northern-Western area, in

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

Aosta Valley The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...

and the variant ''De Pascal'' in

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

.''Cognomix'', surnames in Italy
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People

* Adam Pascal (born 1970), American actor and singer * Amy Pascal (born 1958), American film producer. * André Pascal (1932–2001), French songwriter and composer * Andrew Pascal (born 1965), American businessman in the gaming industry. *

Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal (19June 162319August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic Church, Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. His earliest ...

(1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher * Chris Pascal, Co-director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood * Christine Pascal (1953 – 1996), French actress, writer and director * Dave Pascal (1918 – 2003), American cartoonist * Ernest Pascal (1896 – 1966), English-American writer * Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), French judge and amateur scientist, father of Blaise * Fabian Pascal, Romanian-American computer scientist * Francine Pascal (1932–2024), American author * Francoise Pascal (born 1949), Mauritian actress *

Gabriel Pascal Gabriel Pascal (born Gábor Lehel; 4 June 1894 – 6 July 1954) was a Hungarian film producer and director whose best-known films were made in the United Kingdom. Pascal was the first film producer to successfully bring the plays of Georg ...

(1894–1954), Romanian film producer and director * Gisèle Pascal (1921–2007), French actress * Jacqueline Pascal (1625–1661), the sister of Blaise * Jean-Claude Pascal (1927–1992), French singer * Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born 1982), Haitian-Canadian professional boxer * John Pascal (1932–1981), American playwright * Julia Pascal, British playwright * Maite Orsini Pascal (born 1988), Chilean actress and model * Marie-Georges Pascal (1946–1985), French actress * Marta Pascal (born 1983), Spanish politician * Mary Ann Pascal (born 1958), American actress * Nelon Pascal (born 1987), West Indian cricketer * Olivia Pascal (born 1957), German actress * Paul Pascal (1839 - 1905), French landscape painter * Pedro Pascal (born 1975), Chilean-American actor *

Robert A. Pascal Robert A. Pascal (July 20, 1934 – March 12, 2021) was an American Republican politician, collegiate football player, professional Canadian football player and a propane entrepreneur who served as County Executive of Anne Arundel County, Mar ...

(1934–2021), American politician * Zach Pascal (born 1994), American football player

Fictional characters

* Ana Pascal, the love interest of the main character in '' Stranger than Fiction'' * Dom Pascal, a firefighter appearing in Chicago Fire * Esmée Pascal, a police officer appearing in the second season of '' Dexter'' * Mattia Pascal, the main character in '' The Late Mattia Pascal'' by Luigi Pirandello

Origin of the surname

People

Fictional characters

References

See also