MEANING & HISTORY
What does Pascual mean?
Pascual is a Spanish form of Latin Paschalis, connected with Pascha, Easter or Passover. The term travelled through Greek and Aramaic from Hebrew Pesach.
The name belongs to a religious calendar tradition and was sometimes associated with the time of birth. It does not prove a bearer’s birthday. Pascal and Pasquale are related forms in other languages.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /paskuˈwal/Standard-Tagalog
- [pɐsˈk̠wal]Standard-Tagalog
Pas · cu · al3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Pascual, from Late Latin pāscuālis.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Pascual (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Pascual.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Pascual (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Derived from Late Latin pāscuālis (“paschal, of Easter, of Passover”), variant (influenced by pāscua (“pasturage”)) of Paschālis, from Pascha (“Easter, Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Cognate with French Pascal, English Pascal.
a male given name
Wiktionary: Pascual (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Pascual
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pascual H. Poblete
Filipino writer and journalist
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pascual Alvarez
general during the Philippine Revolution
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
4
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Pascual Alvarez, Pascual H. Poblete
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Pascual in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Pascual
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Paul♂Small or little
- Pacita♀Spanish familiar form of Paz: peace
- Paco♂Spanish affectionate form of Francisco
- Pamela♀Sidney’s literary name, possibly all sweetness
- Pancho♂Spanish affectionate form of Francisco
- Pastor♂Shepherd
- Pasyo♂Familiar form of Bonifacio
- Paula♀Feminine form of Paul; small
What rhymes with Pascual?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Pascual further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18204275 — Pascual (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Pascual Alvarez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18204275 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Pascual H. Poblete (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18204275 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Pascual (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Pascual (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Pascual (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Pascual (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.