Pascoe

PASS-koh

A Cornish Easter name meaning “Easter child,” tied to the Paschal season.

Meaning

Pascoe is a Cornish-English form related to Pascal and Paschal, names given to children born at Easter or the Paschal season. The deeper source is Hebrew *pesach* (“Passover”), which passed through Christian naming traditions into forms used across Europe.

Origin

Fun fact

The name was especially associated with Cornwall, and one excerpt notes Pascoe as the English equivalent of Italian Pasqua/Pasquale and places Pascoe on March 23 in a name-day list.

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Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, Girls' Names and Name-Day and Birthday Book, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.

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