Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy. It is a cognate of the French name Pascal, the Spanish Pascual, the Portuguese Pascoal and the Catalan Pasqual. Pasquale derives from the Latin paschalis or pashalis, which means "relating to Easter", from Latin pascha ("Easter"), Greek Πάσχα, Aramaic pasḥā, in turn from the Hebrew פֶּסַח, which means "to be born on, or to be associated with, Passover day". Since the Hebrew holiday of Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions.
The names Paschal, Pasqual, Pascal, Pascale, Pascha, Paschalis, Pascual, Pascoe and Pasco are variations of Pasquale. The feminine form, rather rare, is Pasquala, Pasqualina, Pascale, Pascalle or Pascalina. As a surname in Italy, Pasquale has many variations found all over the country: Pasquali, Pascale, Pascal, Pascali, Pascalis, De Pascalis, Pasqual, De Pasqual, De Pascal, De Pasquali, Di Pasquale, DiPasquale, Di Pascali, Di Pasquali, De Pasquale, De Pasqualin, De Pasqualis, Pasqualin, Pasqualini, Pasqualino, Pasqualon, Pasqualotto, Pasqualigo, Pasqualetti.
Notable people named Pasquale or Di Pasquale include:
Given name
Pasquale Aiese (born 1962), Italian lightweight rower Pasquale Aleardi (born 1971), Swiss actor
Pasquale Berardi (born 1983), Italian footballer
Pasquale Borgomeo (1933–2009), director of Vatican radio Pasquale Brignoli (1824–1884), American opera singer
Pasquale Festa Campanile (1927–1986), Italian screenwriter and film director Pasquale Camerlengo (born 1966), an Italian retired competitive ice dancer Pasquale Cajano (1921–2000), an Italian-American film actor Pasquale Carpino (1936–2005), Italian chef, host of Pasquale's Kitchen Express Pasquale Cicogna (1509–1595), Italian politician, the Doge of Venice from 1585 to 1595 Pasquale "Pat" Cipollone (born 1966), American lawyer, White House Counsel for President Trump Pasquale Joseph Federico (1902–1982), an American patent attorney and mathematician Pasquale Foggia (born 1983), Italian footballer Pasquale Fornara (1925–1990), an Italian road bicycle racer Pasquale Galluppi (1770–1846), Italian philosopher Pasquale Gravina (born 1970), Italian professional volleyball player Pasquale Gumbo, fictional character in the Rose Is Rose comic strip Pasquale Macchi (1923–2006), an Italian Catholic archbishop, private secretary to Pope Paul VI Pasquale Stanislao Mancini (1817–1888), an Italian jurist and statesman Pasquale Marino (born 1962), Italian football coach Pasquale Mastroianni (born 1971), Canadian actor Pasquale Ottini (c. 1570–1630), an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active mainly in Verona Pasquale Padalino (born 1972), an Italian footballer Pasquale Paoli (1725–1807), a Corsican patriot and leader Pasquale del Pezzo (1859–1936), an Italian mathematician Pasquale Rizzoli (1871–1953), an Italian sculptor Pasquale Rossi (1641 – after 1718), Italian painter Pasquale Simonelli (1878–1960), an Italian-American banker
Pasquale Villari (1827–1917), an Italian historian and politician Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari (1852–1904), an Italian noble
Surname
Anton de Pasquale (born 1995), Australian motor racing driver Arnaud Di Pasquale (born 1979), French tennis player Eli Pasquale (born 1960), Canadian basketball player Emanuel di Pasquale, American poet and translator Eugene DePasquale (born 1971), American politician Frank Pasquale, American legal scholar Frédéric de Pasquale (1931–2001), French actor Giovanni Pasquale (born 1982), Italian football player James Di Pasquale (born 1941), American composer Joe Pasquale (born 1961), British comedian Joseph de Pasquale, American violist Luigi Di Pasquale, Italian footballer Mauro Di Pasquale, American columnist Pancrazio De Pasquale (1925–1992), Italian politician Simone Di Pasquale (born 1978), Italian professional dancer and TV personality Steven Pasquale, American actor Umberto Pasquale (1906–1985), Italian priest and writer
Other Don Pasquale, a comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti Olivo e Pasquale, a melodramma giocoso by Gaetano Donizetti Pasquale, pseudonym of Don Manley (born 1945), British crossword compiler Pasquale (film), 1916 American silent film
See also Pascal (disambiguation) Paschal (disambiguation) Pascual (disambiguation) Pasqual (disambiguation)
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