Pascal
A Latin name meaning "relating to Easter," worn in Poland only by men: around 1,000 of them, and most Poles have never met one. Parents have all but stopped giving it, with none recorded last year.
Pascal Pronunciation
Pascal is pronounced PAHS-tsahl (/ˈpast͡sal/).
What Pascal means
Where Pascal comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pascal begins in Latin, in the adjective paschalis, meaning relating to Easter. Behind that word stands Pascha, the Latin for Passover and later for the Christian feast, so the name marked a child by the season of his birth. A boy born in the days around Easter could be given it as a plain calendar fact.
France gave the name its strongest attachment. Blaise Pascal, born in 1623, was a mathematician and writer whose surname became one of the best known signatures in French thought. The forename moved with priests and settlers, and it kept its Latin sense wherever it landed. In Polish it reads as wielkanocny, Easter-related, the meaning intact.
Pascal has no diminutive, no softened variant to hide behind. On a Polish class register it sits as a foreign guest among the Piotrs and Jakubs. Say the name and you are back at paschalis, relating to Easter.
How many people are named Pascal
1 in 20724 men in Poland is named Pascal. 1,030 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #947 among male names.
Pascal's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Pascal is most popular
Pascal is most popular in Opole, 1150% above the national average (4 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+480%) and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+163%). It is least common in Masovian, 19% below average.
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Opole4 boys born+1150%
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Lubusz2 boys born+480%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 boys born+163%
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Silesian3 boys born+90%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+83%
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Masovian2 boys born−19%
Pascal as a middle name
Pascal is a first name for 1,030 men in Poland and a middle name for another 343, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 378th, between Serafin (346) and Walery (338).
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#376 Sobiesław353
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#377 Serafin346
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#378 Pascal343
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#379 Walery338
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#380 Dobromir337