Pasquier is a French
surname derived from
Latin
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''pascuarium'' (verb ''pascere'') meaning "
pasture
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". Pasquier shares the same root of
given name
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and surname
Pascal, from Latin ''Pascha'', in turn from the
Hebrew
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pesach
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'' that means literally "pass over". Alternative spellings and related names are: Pasquett, Pasquié, Pâquier, Paquier, Pasqueraud, Pasquerault, Paqueraud, Paquerault, Paquereau.
Pasquier may refer to:
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Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier (1823–1905), French politician and member of the Académie française,
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Étienne Pasquier
Étienne Pasquier (7 June 15291 September 1615) was a French lawyer and man of letters. By his own account he was born in Paris on 7 June 1529, but according to others he was born in 1528. He was called to the Paris bar in 1549.
In 1558 he bec ...
(1529–1615), French lawyer and man of letters,
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Étienne-Denis Pasquier
Étienne-Denis, duc de Pasquier (21 April 17675 July 1862), ''Chancelier de France'', (a title revived for him by Louis-Philippe in 1837), was a French statesman. In 1842, he was elected a member of the Académie française, and in the same year ...
(1767–1862), French statesman
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Jérôme Pasquier (courtier), French servant and clerk of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Jules Pasquier (1839-1928), French politician.
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Jules-Paul Pasquier (1774-1858), French member of the Conseil d'État.
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Georges Pasquier (1878-?) French road racing cyclist
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Pierre Pasquier (colonial administrator) (1877-1934)
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Pierre Pasquier (violist) (1902-1986), violist
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Pierre Pasquier (born 1935), businessman
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Bruno Pasquier
Bruno Pasquier (born 10 December 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), is a French violist, the son of Pierre Pasquier, also a violist.
Biography
After a First Prize at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1961, Pasquier won the ARD International Music Comp ...
born 1943, violist
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Régis Pasquier born 1945, violinist
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Stéphane Pasquier (born 1978), French jockey
Du Pasquier
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L. Gustave du Pasquier (1876–1957), Swiss mathematician
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Nathalie du Pasquier
Nathalie Du Pasquier (born 1957) is a Milan-based artist and designer mostly known for her work as a founding member of the Memphis Group. Her early body of work includes furniture, textiles, clothing designs and jewelry in addition to iconic wo ...
(born 1957), French painter and designer
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French-language surnames