Pascual

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Spanish form of PASCAL.

PASCAL   male   French, German, Dutch
From the Late Latin name Paschalis, which meant "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesach) "Passover". Passover is the ancient Hebrew holiday celebrating the liberation from Egypt. Because it coincided closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the same Latin word was used for both. The name Pascal can also function as a surname, as in the case of Blaise Pascal, the French philosopher, mathematician and inventor.
EQUIVALENTS
BULGARIAN: Paskal
CORNISH: Pasco
CROATIAN: Paškal
DUTCH: Pascal
FRENCH: Pascal, Paschal
GERMAN: Pascal
ITALIAN: Pasquale
LATE ROMAN: Paschalis
MACEDONIAN: Paskal
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Paško
ITALIAN: Pasqualino
FEMININE FORMS
FRENCH: Pascale, Pascaline
ITALIAN: Pasqualina
SPANISH: Pascuala