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, and the -es forms are influenced by French Pasques. See also Pascale.
- England
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- Dutch
- ◑ 1595 Passchynken AuFr p. 88
- Early Modern English
- ● 1560 Paskes COmar-vol5 p. 1;
1561 Pasces ibid. p. 2;
1562 Pasces ibid. p. 2;
1565 Paskes ibid. p. 3;
1572 Paskes ibid. p. 84;
1573 Paskes ibid. p. 4;
1581 Pascas COmar-vol2 p. 122,
Paskes COmar-vol5 p. 6;
1583 Pascase ibid. p. 6;
1584 Pascase ibid. p. 7;
1587 Pascase ibid. p. 8;
1591 Pascase ibid. p. 9;
1595 Passkus ibid. p. 86
- Middle French
- ● 1571 pasque WCS p. 84;
1583 pasque ibid. p. 103
- ◑ 1568/9 Pasquette WCS p. 4
- Walloon
- ● 1591 Pasque RWC p. 17;
1594 Pasque ibid. p. 32;
1595 Paque ibid. p. 39;
1596 Paque ibid. p. 42;
1599 Paque ibid. p. 52,
Pasques ibid. p. 53
- ◑ 1584 Pasquette RWC p. 9;
1590 Paquette ibid. p. 14,
Pasquette ibid. p. 13;
1591 Paquete ibid. p. 18,
Paquette ibid. p. 17;
1591/2 Pasquette ibid. p. 20;
1592 Paquette ibid. p. 22;
1592/3 Paquettes ibid. p. 26;
1595 Paquette ibid. p. 36;
1596/7 Paquette ibid. p. 44
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1273 Pascha (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 27
- ◑ 1179 Pascota (abl) clairvaux-12thc 176
- Middle French
- ◑ 1562 Pasquette RegPCC-1 p. 8;
1564 Paquette ibid. p. 57,
Pasquette ibid. p. 88;
1565 Pasquette ibid. p. 145;
1566 Pasquette ibid. p. 261;
1567 Paquette ibid. p. 303,
Pasquette ibid. p. 288;
1568 Pasquette ibid. p. 417;
1570 Paquette ibid. p. 430,
Pasquette ibid. p. 428;
1571 Pasquette ibid. p. 444
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Pasqua (nom) BBC-Berg 347;
1348 Pasqua (nom) INP 35,
Pasque (dat) ibid. 35;
1366 Pasquam (acc) Livi 94;
1522x1532 Pasca (nom) DSF p. 51, 18
Cite as: G. Grim, J. Pepe, S.L. Uckelman. "Pasca". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Pasca.