Pascale
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Pascale is a common Francophone
Francophone
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 given name
Given name
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, feminine form of the name Pascal, and an Italian
Italian language
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 masculine given name
Given name
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, ancient form of Pasquale
Pasquale
Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy, cognate of French name Pascal, Spanish name Pascual, and Catalan name Pasqual...

 (Paschale). Pascale is also a surname found in Italy
Italy
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Pascale derives from the Latin paschalis or pashalis, which means "relating to Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

", from Latin pascha ("Easter
Easter
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"), Greek
Greek language
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 Πάσχα, Aramaic
Aramaic language
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 pasḥā, in turn from the Hebrew
Hebrew language
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 pesach, which means "to be born on, or to be associated with, Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...

 day". Since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions.

The names Paschal
Paschal
Paschal is a variant spelling of the name Pascal , from Latin Paschalis. Two popes and two antipopes have taken this name:* Antipope Paschal * Pope Paschal I * Pope Paschal II...

, Pasqual, Pasquale
Pasquale
Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy, cognate of French name Pascal, Spanish name Pascual, and Catalan name Pasqual...

, Pascal
Pascal
Pascal or PASCAL may refer to:-People:* Pascal , a French given name* Pascal , a French and Italian surname* Adam Pascal , American actor and singer, best known for his role of Roger Davis in the Broadway musical Rent* Blaise Pascal , French mathematician and philosopher* Cleo Paskal, environmental...

, Pascha
Pascha
Pascha may refer to:*Easter, central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year*Paskha , an Easter dish served in several Slavic countries*Paska , an Easter bread served in Ukraine...

, Pascual, Pascoe and Pasco
Pasco
- Place name :Australia* Pasco Island Group, Tasmania:** Middle Pasco Islands** North Pasco Island** South Pasco IslandArgentina* Pasco , a stationPeru* Cerro de Pasco, city* Pasco Province* Pasco RegionUnited States...

 are all masculine variations of feminine Pascale.

People with the name Pascale include:

Given name

  • Pascale Audret
    Pascale Audret
    Pascale Audret was a French actress who was most active during the 1950s through to the 1960s.-Career:...

  • Pascale Borel
    Pascale Borel
    Pascale Borel is a French pop singer. She was a member of the French pop group Mikado in the 1980s.-External links:* *...

  • Pascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières is a Canadian actress.- Life and work :She is a cinema studies alumna from Concordia University, living in Montreal.- Movies :- TV Series :*1989: Chambres en ville*1991: Marilyn...

  • Pascale Cossart
    Pascale Cossart
    Pascale Cossart is an award-winning bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and the foremost authority on Listeria monocytogenes, a deadly and common food-borne pathogen responsible for encephalitis, meningitis, bacteremia, gastroenteritis, and other diseases.- Biography :Cossart earned...

  • Pascale Criton
    Pascale Criton
    Pascale Criton is a French musicologist and a composer of contemporary music, more specifically microtonal music. She is particularly known for exploiting very dense microtonal scales such as 1/12 tone or 1/16 and beyond for the particular perception properties they imply.-Life:Born in 1954 in...

  • Pascale Grand
    Pascale Grand
    Pascale Grand is a retired female racewalker from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event in 1991.-Achievements:-References:*...

  • Pascale Hutton
    Pascale Hutton
    Pascale Hutton is a Canadian actress. She was born in Creston, British Columbia. Hutton attended the conservatory acting program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.- Filmography :- Television :...

  • Pascale Machaalani
    Pascale Machaalani
    Pascale Bechara Bachaalani, better known as Pascale Machaalani, born March 27, 1967 is a Murex d'or Award nominated Lebanese singer. Her debut album Sahar Sahar rose her to stardom throughout the Middle East, making Mashalaani one of the most successful female artistes in 1990s Lebanon...

  • Pascale Montpetit
    Pascale Montpetit
    Pascale Montpetit is a French Canadian actress, born in 1961. In 1990 she won a Best Actress Genie Award for Darrell Wasyk's H and in 2002 for Mario Azzopardi's Savage Messiah, 2 Gémeaux Awards, a Jutra Award and a Mons International Festival of Love Films award. She is also a well-known stage...

  • Pascale Ogier
    Pascale Ogier
    Pascale Ogier was a French actress.Born Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas in Paris, she was the daughter of a musician father and actress Bulle Ogier. Pascale also chose an acting career, first with appearances on stage...

  • Pascale Paradis
    Pascale Paradis
    Pascale Paradis-Mangon is a former professional tennis player from France.Paradis was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon in 1988 before falling to Steffi Graf....

  • Pascale Petit
    Pascale Petit
    Pascale Petit is a poet. She grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art and was a visual artist for the first part of her life...

  • Pascale Picard Band
    Pascale Picard Band
    The Pascale Picard Band is a Canadian rock group from Quebec City formed by Pascale Picard , Philippe Morissette , Marc Chartrain and Mathieu Cantin .- Story :...

  • Pascale Quiviger
    Pascale Quiviger
    Pascale Quiviger is a Canadian writer and artist. Raised and educated in Quebec, she is currently based in the United Kingdom, where she writes, paints, teaches visual arts and practices hypnotherapy...

  • Pascale Sourisse
    Pascale Sourisse
    Pascale Sourisse is a French businesswoman.Born at Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated at Ecole Polytechnique and at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications. She held management positions at the Compagnie Générale des Eaux in 1984/85, and Jeumont-Schneider Telecom in1985/86...

  • Pascale Trinquet
    Pascale Trinquet
    Pascale Trinquet is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.She won a gold medal in the foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She also won a gold medal in team foil with the French team.-References:...


Surname

  • Anie Pascale
    Anie Pascale
    Anie Pascale is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for a 2009 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Tout est Parfait. She has appeared in a few other television and film roles.- Reference :...

    , Canadian actress.
  • Ernesto De Pascale
    Ernesto De Pascale
    Ernesto De Pascale was a well-known Italian music journalist and independent producer. He plays piano and sings and he started making music in his early teens.-The 1970s:...

    , Italian journalist.
  • Judet Pascale, French artist.
  • Lorraine Pascale
    Lorraine Pascale
    Lorraine Pascale is a British former model, cook, and Pâtissière. She has authored a best selling cookery book and presented a television series...

    , British former model.
  • Ronnie Pascale
    Ronnie Pascale
    Ronnie Pascale is an American soccer player who currently plays for Richmond Kickers in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and College:Pascale played college soccer at Furman University from 1995 to 1998...

    , American soccer player.
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