# Pasqual

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**Pasqual** is the [Catalan](/source/Catalan_people) equivalent of the [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) [given name](/source/Given_name) [Pascual](/source/Pascual_(disambiguation)), and a [Venetian](/source/Venetian_language) variant of [Italian](/source/Italian_people) given name [Pasquale](/source/Pasquale_(disambiguation)). Pasqual is also a [surname](/source/Surname) found in Spain (especially among the inhabitants of [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language)-speaking areas, including [Andorrans](/source/Andorra), [Valencians](/source/Valencian_Community), [Balearics](/source/Balearic_islands)) and in Italy (especially in [Veneto](/source/Venetian_language), including [Lombardy](/source/Lombardy) and [Piedmont](/source/Piedmont)).

Pasqual, like Pasquale (Italian), Pascal (French), Pascoal (Portuguese) and Pascual (Spanish), derives from the [Late Latin](/source/Late_Latin) *paschalis* or *pashalis*, from Latin *pascha*, [Greek](/source/Greek_language) *Πάσχα*, [Aramaic](/source/Aramaic_language) *pasḥā*, in turn from the [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language) *[pesach](/source/Pesach)*, which means "to be born on, or to be associated with, [Passover](/source/Passover) day". The English equivalent of Pasqual is Pascal (loosely translated as "[Easter](/source/Easter)" child) and is associated both with the day of Passover and the Latinised forms mentioned above, since all of them have a relationship to the Hebrew holiday of Passover; as Christ was crucified prior to or on the eve of Passover he became known as the Passover Lamb, 1 Corinthians 5:7.

The names [Pasquale](/source/Pasquale_(disambiguation)), [Paschal](/source/Paschal), [Pascal](/source/Pascal_(disambiguation)), [Pascale](/source/Pascale), [Pascha](/source/Pascha_(disambiguation)), [Pascoe](/source/Pascoe) and [Pasco](/source/Pasco_(disambiguation)) are all variations of *Pasqual*. The feminine form, rather rare, is *Pasquala*, *Pasqualina*, *Pascale*, *Pascalle* or *Pascalina*. As a surname in Italy, Pasqual has many variations found all over the country: [Pasquali](/source/Pasquali_(disambiguation)), De Pasqual, [Pascale](/source/Pascale), [Pascali](/source/Pascali_(disambiguation)), Pascalis, De Pascal, De Pasquali, De Pasquale, Di Pasquale, Di Pascali, De Pasqualis, Pasqualin, Pasqualon. As a given name and surname in [Spanish-speaking countries](/source/Spanish-speaking_countries) Pasqual is often spelled [Pascual](/source/Pascual_(disambiguation)).

Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

- [Pasqual Coco](/source/Pasqual_Coco) (born 1977), Dominican pitcher in Major League Baseball
- [Pasqual Ferry](/source/Pasqual_Ferry) (sometimes credited as Paschalis, Pascual or Pascal), Spanish comic book artist and penciller
- [Pasqual Maragall](/source/Pasqual_Maragall) (born 1941), the 127th President of Generalitat de Catalunya
- [Pasqual Sanchis Moscardó](/source/Pasqual_Sanchis_Moscard%C3%B3) (born 1963), Valencian professional pilota player
- [Pasqual Scanu](/source/Pasqual_Scanu) (1908–1978), Italian writer in Catalan and Italian

## Surname

- [Anupa Pasqual](/source/Anupa_Pasqual) (born 1964), Sri Lankan politician
- [Ernest Benach](/source/Ernest_Benach) i Pasqual (born 1959), Catalan politician, President of the Catalan Parliament
- [Keerthi Pasquel](/source/Keerthi_Pasquel) (born 1955), Sri Lankan Sinhala pop musician
- [Manuel Pasqual](/source/Manuel_Pasqual) (born 1982), Italian footballer
- [Sudath Prajiv Pasqual](/source/Sudath_Pasqual) (born 1961), Sri Lankan cricketer

## See also

- [Pasqual Maragall Foundation](/source/Pasqual_Maragall_Foundation), a public foundation in Catalonia, Spain
- Pasqual, Romansh name of [Paspels](/source/Paspels), municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
- [Battle of San Pasqual](/source/Battle_of_San_Pasqual) (also spelled San Pascual), a military encounter during the Mexican–American War
- [San Pasqual Handicap](/source/San_Pasqual_Handicap), an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park, California, United States
- [San Pasqual High School (Escondido, California)](/source/San_Pasqual_High_School_(Escondido,_California)), a public high school in Escondido, California, United States
- [San Pasqual Valley](/source/San_Pasqual_Valley), a community of the city of San Diego, California, United States
- [San Pasqual (disambiguation)](/source/San_Pasqual_(disambiguation))
- [Pascual (disambiguation)](/source/Pascual_(disambiguation))
- [Pascal (disambiguation)](/source/Pascal_(disambiguation))
- [Paschal (disambiguation)](/source/Paschal_(disambiguation))
- [Pasquale (disambiguation)](/source/Pasquale_(disambiguation))

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