Pascal
\pas.kal\♂French boy's name
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | \pas.kal\ |
| Compound names | Jean-Pascal, Yves-Pascal |
Origin and meaning
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).
Where it is mostly given
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Benoît Prieur (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).