Pascale

Not to be confused with Pascal's calculator, invented by Blaise Pascal, which is occasionally known as the Pascale.

For the Italian wine grape, see Pascale (grape).

Pascale

Pronunciation	French: [pas.kal]
Gender	feminine
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	from Latin Paschalis, associated with Passover (or Easter)
Other names
Related names	Pascal, Paschal, Paschalis, Pascoe, Pascual, Pasqual, Pasquale

Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name Pascal, and an Italian surname derived from the given name.

Pascale derives from the Latin paschalis or pashalis, which means "relating to Easter", ultimately from pesach, the Hebrew name of the feast of Passover.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Pascale Audret
• Pascale Bussières
• Pascale Cossart
• Pascale Criton
• Pascale Dorcelus (born 1979), Canadian weightlifter
• Pascale Ferran
• Pascale Garaud, French-American astrophysicist
• Pascale Grand
• Pascale Haiti, politician and government minister from French Polynesia
• Pascale Hutton
• Pascale Machaalani
• Pascale Montpetit
• Pascale Ogier
• Pascale Paradis
• Pascale Petit (actress) (born 1938), French actress
• Pascale Petit (poet) (born 1953), French poet
• Pascale Quiviger
• Pascale Sourisse
• Pascale Trinquet

Surname

Pascale

Pronunciation	Italian: [pasˈkaːle]
Origin
Word/name	Latin, in turn of Hebrew
Meaning	patronymic (from the given name)
Region of origin	Italy, Neo-Latin Languages
Other names
Variant form(s)	Paschal, De Pascale, De Pascal, Pasquale, Pasqual, Pascual, Pascalis

• Anie Pascale, Canadian actress
• Ernesto De Pascale, Italian journalist
• Jan Pascale, American set decorator
• Lorraine Pascale, British former model
• Ronnie Pascale, American soccer player

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Pascale
• The names Paschal, Pasqual, Pasquale, Pascal, Pascha, Pascual, Pascoe and Pasco are all masculine variations of feminine Pascale