Paskal
From Latin *paschalis*, "relating to Easter": the name carries a calendar inside it, tied back through the church to Passover. Only about 219 men in Poland answer to it, and none have been born under it in years.
Paskal Pronunciation
Paskal is pronounced PAHS-kahl (/ˈpaskal/).
What Paskal means
Where Paskal comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Paskal comes from the Latin paschalis, an adjective meaning "relating to Easter." Behind it stands the noun Pascha, the church's word for the feast, which reached Latin through Greek from the Aramaic pascha and the Hebrew pesach, the Passover. The word is old. So the name holds a calendar inside it.
The Polish form Paskal keeps that meaning close: związane z wielkanocą, tied to Wielkanoc. The tie runs back through the church to Passover, the older spring feast. In older custom across Christian Europe, a boy born near the holiday might be given a paschal name, and the practice left the word Pascal scattered through parish registers.
On a school register it reads plainly, sitting between a Patryk and a Paweł. Four letters and no fuss.
The short meaning stays fixed even after the association fades: relating to Easter, from Latin paschalis.
How many people are named Paskal
1 in 97471 men in Poland is named Paskal. 219 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2105 among male names.
Paskal's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Paskal as a middle name
Paskal is a first name for 219 men in Poland and a middle name for another 67, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 885th, between Laurence (67) and Samson (67).
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