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.
- England
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- English
- ● 1566 Paskaw Redruth-Co p. 6;
1582 Paskow DEmar-vol2 p. 8;
1589 Pasco ibid. p. 18
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1273 Pascha (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 27
- Italy
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- 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. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Pasca.