# Pascal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pascal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “paschal”, “of”, “pertaining to easter”, “easter” |
| Pronunciation | /pæsˈkæl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,561 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,550 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 229, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 6 | 10,495 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,737 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,075 |
| 2012 | 27 | 3,858 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,559 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,660 |
| 2015 | 34 | 3,343 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,207 |
| 2017 | 34 | 3,362 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,966 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,777 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,472 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,164 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,596 |
| 2023 | 44 | 2,881 |
| 2024 | 47 | 2,784 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,636 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Паска́л
- Chinese: 帕斯卡, 巴斯卦
- Dutch: Pascal
- French: Pascal
- German: Pascal
- Hebrew: פֶּסַח
- Italian: Pasquale
- Portuguese: Pascoal
- Spanish: Pascual
- Hindi: पास्कल

## People named Pascal

- Pascal Groß, German footballer (born 1991)
- Pascal Lissouba, First President of the Republic of the Congo (1931–2020)
- Pascal Quignard, French writer
- Pascal Lamy, French businessman and political advisor
- Pascal Chimbonda, French footballer (born 1979)
- Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player (born 1994)
- Pascal Bruckner, French writer
- Pascal Greggory, French actor
- Pascal Fabre, French racing driver
- Pascal Yoadimnadji, Chadian politician (1950-2007)
- Pascal Elbé, French actor and screenwriter
- Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, French athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.