Pascal
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Late Latin Paschdlis ‘relating to Easter’ Also: Paschal
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/paskal/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pascal is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 38th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 329(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 347
- BEBelgium≈1 in 458
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 443 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 329 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Late Latin Paschdlis ‘relating to Easter’ Also: Paschal. Feminine form: Pascale.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pascal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #38 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 329 | 308K | Pascal | 443 |
| DE Germany | #254 | ≈58,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Pascal | 255 |
| CM Cameroon | #46 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 781 | — | Pascal | 42 |
| TZ Tanzania | #959 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Pascal | 25 |
| BE Belgium | #25 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 458 | 284 | Pascal | 179 |
| CH Switzerland | #19 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 347 | 288 | Pascal | 142 |
| NL Netherlands | #160 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 10K | Pascal | 125 |
| US United States | — | 3,603 | 1 in 92K | 3.5K | Pascal | 329 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pascal is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, du nom latin Paschālis, dérivé de Pascha ‘Pâques’, de l’hébreu pāsáḥ ‘il a passé au-dessus’.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Du latin paschalis, « de Pâques »; lié à la tradition pascale, à la sortie d’Égypte et à la fin de l’esclavage.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Paschalis, « relatif à Pâques »; origine latine/chrétienne.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Du latin paschalis, « de Pâques, pascal ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In Swedish, Pascal är en fransk form av latinets Paschalis (från pascha ’påskhögtid’, i sin tur från arameiskans pishá och ursprungligen hebreiskans pesah med samma betydelse). En känd namnbärare är den franske matematikern och filosofen Blaise Pascal (1623–62). Efter honom är måttenheten för tryck, pascal, uppkallad.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Franchot Toneb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1905-1968)
- Raoul Coutardb. 1924FRnot in their usual nameFrench cinematographer (1924-2016)
- Pascal Couchepinb. 1942CHmember of the Swiss Federal Council
- Pascal Brucknerb. 1948FRFrench writer
- Pascal Koupakib. 1951BJBeninese politician
- Pascal Greggoryb. 1954FRFrench actor
- Pascal Nyabendab. 1966BIBurundian politician
- Pascal Laugierb. 1971FRFrench film director
- Cédric Carrassob. 1981FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1981)
- Pascal Großb. 1991DEGerman footballer (born 1991)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 107 sources across 55 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2022 | 308K | #3,065 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 10K | #389 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.5K | #4,937 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 718 | #2,546 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 146 | #4,937 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 31 | — |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Pascal come from?
- From Late Latin Paschdlis ‘relating to Easter’ Also: Paschal. Feminine form: Pascale. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Pascal a male or female name?
- Pascal is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Pascal?
- A machine transcription gives /paskal/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Pascal have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 206 thousand people named Pascal in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pascal.
- What does the name Pascal mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Late Latin Paschdlis ‘relating to Easter’ Also: Paschal.
- What are other forms of the name Pascal?
- In the etymology graph, Pasquale, Pascaline and Paskal are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Pascal?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,603 people named Pascal in 2020, about 1 in 92 thousand residents.
- How common is Pascal compared with other names?
- In France, Pascal is the 38th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pascalThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pascal” — the 38th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.