Fun Facts About the Name Pasqual
- 613 babies named Pasqual: U.S. records list 613 babies given the name Pasqual from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Pasqual Mean?
Pasqual is a Catalan form of the Latin name Paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" or "of the Passover." Paschalis was formed from Latin Pascha, the word used for both Passover and Easter; Latin took Pascha from Greek Páscha, which in turn comes from Hebrew Pesaḥ, the name of the Passover festival. The Hebrew noun is related to the verb pasaḥ, "to pass over" or "to spare," the action described in the Exodus account of the tenth plague.
The name is not descriptive of a personal quality. It identifies the bearer with the Easter or Passover season, and it belongs to the same Latin root as Italian Pasquale, Spanish Pascual, and French Pascal. Pasqual is the shape the name takes in Catalan, and it also appears as a surname in Catalan- and Italian-speaking areas, where it usually began as a given name passed down in a family.
Pasqual Name History & Origins
The name depends on the Christian use of Latin Paschalis, formed from Pascha, the Latin term for Easter and for the Jewish Passover. Naming children after feasts of the church calendar was widespread in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and a child born during Easter week or baptized at Easter was often given a name drawn from the feast. The name entered the papacy as Paschal: Paschal I was pope from 817 to 824, and Paschal II from 1099 to 1118. It also belonged to Saint Paschal Baylon (1540 - 1592), a Spanish Franciscan friar.
As Latin gave way to the vernacular languages, the name took a different form in each region. Catalan developed Pasqual, the masculine form, with Pasquala as its feminine counterpart. Because Catalan is spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, the name is documented across those areas, and Catalan emigration carried it to other countries. Its Italian neighbor Pasquale followed a separate path through the dialects of Italy, and the two forms are used side by side in places where both languages are present.
How Popular is the Name Pasqual?
Pasqual has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1922. Its best rank was #1,328 in 1922.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | #10,857 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #8,410 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,743 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,422 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,027 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #7,011 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #4,976 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #5,429 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #5,791 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,670 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #4,772 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #4,373 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #2,724 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #3,953 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #4,418 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #3,490 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #2,966 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #2,747 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #4,224 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #3,083 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #2,823 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #4,111 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #2,177 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1948 | #2,745 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #2,624 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #2,651 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #2,355 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #3,049 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #2,692 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #2,887 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #2,176 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1940 | #2,439 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1939 | #2,762 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #2,805 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #2,301 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1936 | #2,041 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1935 | #2,887 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #2,522 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1933 | #2,682 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1932 | #2,595 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1931 | #2,183 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1930 | #2,044 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1929 | #1,512 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1928 | #2,028 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #2,105 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1926 | #2,690 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1925 | #2,292 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1924 | #1,952 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1923 | #1,741 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1922 | #1,328 | 31 | 0.0028% |
| 1921 | #1,633 | 23 | 0.0021% |
| 1920 | #2,110 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1919 | #2,236 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1918 | #2,053 | 16 | 0.0016% |
| 1917 | #3,872 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #2,123 | 14 | 0.0016% |
| 1915 | #2,148 | 13 | 0.0015% |
| 1914 | #2,590 | 8 | 0.0012% |
| 1913 | #2,723 | 6 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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