Pascale is a common
Francophone given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, the feminine of the name
Pascal. The same spelling is also an
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name.
Pascale derives from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''paschalis'' or ''pashalis'', which means "relating to
Easter
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...
", ultimately from ''pesach'', the Hebrew name of the feast of
Passover
Passover, also called Pesach (; ), is a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt, which occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the first month of Aviv, or spring. ...
.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Pascale Audret
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Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress.
Life and work
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first attracted attention as a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film '' Sonatine''; howeve ...
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Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart (born 21 March 1948) is a French bacteriologist who is affiliated with the Pasteur Institute of Paris. She is the foremost authority on ''Listeria monocytogenes'', a deadly and common food-borne pathogen responsible for encephal ...
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Pascale Criton
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Pascale Dorcelus
Pascale Dorcelus (born 27 December 1979) is a Canadian weightlifter.
Dorcelus competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were ...
(born 1979), Canadian weightlifter
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Pascale Ferran
Pascale Ferran (; born 17 April 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2007, her film ''Lady Chatterley'' won five César Awards including Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Adaptation. Her 2014 film '' Bird People'' was sele ...
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Pascale Garaud
Pascale Garaud is a French astrophysicist and applied mathematician interested in fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, and their applications to astrophysics and geophysics. She is a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Californi ...
, French-American astrophysicist
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Pascale Grand
Pascale Grand (born August 12, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired female racewalker from Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean ...
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Pascale Haiti
Pascale Haiti is a former politician and government minister from French Polynesia.
Biography
Haiti held the position of Minister of Handicrafts in the French Polynesian government. In 2009 Haiti was arrested as part of an investigation into ...
, politician and government minister from French Polynesia
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Pascale Hutton
Pascale Hutton (born June 14, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She was born in Creston, British Columbia. Hutton attended the conservatory acting program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadia ...
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Pascale Machaalani
Pascale Bechara Machaalani ( ar, باسكال بشارة مشعلاني; born 27 March 1967) is a Lebanese singer and actress. Her debut album ''Sahar Sahar'' rose her to stardom throughout the Middle East, making Mashalaani one of the most su ...
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Pascale Montpetit
Pascale Montpetit (born 28 July 1960) is a French Canadian actress. In 1990 she won a Best Actress Genie Award for Darrell Wasyk's '' H'', and again in 2002 for Mario Azzopardi
Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 19 November 1950) is a Canadian-Maltese ...
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Pascale Ogier
Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas (26 October 1958 – 25 October 1984), better known as Pascale Ogier, was a French actress. She won the Volpi Cup, and posthumously received a César Award nomination for her role in the 1984 fi ...
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Pascale Paradis
Pascale Paradis-Mangon (born 24 April 1966) 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 ...
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Pascale Petit (actress) (born 1938), French actress
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Pascale Petit (poet)
Pascale Petit (born 20 December 1953), is a French-born British poet of French, Welsh and Indian heritage. She was born in Paris and grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art and was a visual artist fo ...
(born 1953), French poet
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Pascale Quiviger
Pascale Quiviger (born 1969) 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. Quiviger is married to former Brit ...
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Pascale Sourisse
Pascale Sourisse (born 7 March 1962) is a French businesswoman.
Born in Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated from the École Polytechnique (class of 1981) and Télécom ParisTech. She held management positions at the Compagnie Générale des Ea ...
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Pascale Trinquet
Pascale Trinquet (born 11 August 1958 in Marseille) 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.[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 The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Sup ...]
, Canadian actress
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Ernesto De Pascale, Italian journalist
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Jan Pascale
Jan Pascale is an American set decorator who has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award . She has worked on over 50 different TV shows and films since 1982.
She won her Emmy 2001 for the TV show ''Boston Public''.
She was nominated at ...
, American set decorator
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Lorraine Pascale
Lorraine Pascale (born 17 November 1972) is a British television cook and USA Food Network host and former top model, best known for selling almost one million books in the UK alone. Her TV shows are in 70 countries worldwide. She had her own ...
, British former model
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Ronnie Pascale
Ronnie Pascale (born September 5, 1976 in North Salem, New York) is a retired United States, American association football, soccer player.
Career
Youth and College
Pascale played College soccer in the United States, college soccer at Furman Un ...
, American soccer player
See also
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*The names
Paschal
Paschal is used as a name. Paschal, a variant of Pascal, from Latin ''Paschalis'', is an adjective describing either the Easter or Passover holidays.
People known as Paschal include:
Popes and religious figures
* Antipope Paschal (687), a riv ...
,
Pasqual,
Pasquale,
Pascal,
Pascha
Pascha (or other similar spellings) may refer to:
* Passover, the Aramaic spelling of the Hebrew word ''Pesach''
**Pesach seder,_the_festive_meal_beginning_the_14th_and_ending_on_the_15th_of_Nisan
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Pascual,
Pascoe
Pascoe is a Cornish given name and surname which means "Easter children" from the Cornish language ''Pask'', cognate of Latin ''Pascha'' ("Easter"). Pascoe is a Cornish pet form of the name Pascal, introduced by the Norman knights into Eng ...
and
Pasco are all masculine variations of feminine ''Pascale''
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French feminine given names
Italian-language surnames