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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Pascal m. Latin paschalis 'of Easter, Paschal'.

The name of a 7th C antipope, a 9th C pope, a 12th C pope, and a 12th C antipope.

Cornish-influenced forms such as Pasc(h)o(e) and Pascow are, despite appearances, forms of Pascal and not forms of Pask.

Austria
Latin
798 Pascalii (gen) UrkStyria 1; 1114 Pascalis (gen) ibid. 100b
England
Early Modern English
1559 Pascawe COmar-vol5 p. 1; 1566 Pascawe ibid. p. 3; 1567 Pascaw ibid. p. 84; 1579 Pascowe COmar-vol2 p. 122; 1580 Pascowe ibid. p. 122; 1581 Pascowe ibid. p. 122; 1584 Pascow (nom) ibid. p. 71; 1585 Paskow DEmar-vol2 p. 11; 1590 Pascawe COmar-vol5 p. 9, Pascow DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1591 Pascawe COmar-vol5 p. 9; 1594 Pascow COmar-vol2 p. 72; 1595 Pasco DEmar-vol2 p. 31
France
Latin
11thC Paschalis (nom) StVdM-II 710; 1060 Pascalis (nom) ibid. 730, Paschalis (nom) ibid. 730; 1101x1129 Pascalis (nom) CartStPC XXX; 1113 Pascalis (nom) CartNDJosaphat II; 1117 Paschalis (nom) CartStPC XI; 1196/97 Paschalis (nom) ibid. I
Germany
Latin
822 Pascalis (nom) HambUrk-vol1 VI; 1100 Pascale (abl) quix-vol1 78; 1394 Pascual (abl) SMM p. 176
Italy
Latin
1105 Pascalis (nom) UrkStyria 96, Paschalis (gen) ibid. 96; 1109 Pascalis (nom) ibid. 97; 1161 Pascali (abl) Livi p. 42; 1376 Pasquale (abl) DouGen1 p. 63, Pasqualis (gen) ibid. p. 234; 1387 Paschalis (gen) Venditti II-65; 1522x1532 Pascalis (nom) DSF p. 51, 10
1376 Pasqualino (abl) DouGen1 p. 106, Pasquarino (abl) ibid. p. 135
Spain
Catalan
1510 Pasqual valencia1510 194
Spanish
1495 Pascual montalvo; 1575 Pascual Catalogo-5.2 3828
Cite as: G. Grim, S.L. Uckelman. "Pascal". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Pascal.