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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Pasca f. Latin pascha from Hebrew פסח '(feast of) Passover' via Greek πάσχα.

The Jewish Passover holiday often coincided with the Christian Easter holiday; this name was given to children born or christened on or near that holiday. In England, the name was most common in Cornwall and Devon.

England
Early Modern English
1560 Paskes COmar-vol5 p. 1; 1561 Pasces ibid. p. 2; 1562 Pasces ibid. p. 2; 1566 Paskaw Redruth-Co p. 6; 1582 Paskow DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1589 Pasco ibid. p. 18
France
Latin
1273 Pascha (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 27
1179 Pascota (abl) clairvaux-12thc 176
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Pasqua (nom) BBC-Berg 347; 1522x1532 Pasca (nom) DSF p. 51, 18
1522x1532 Pascarella (nom) DSF p. 52, 29
Cite as: G. Grim, S.L. Uckelman. "Pasca". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Pasca.