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 name Pascal, introduced by the Norman knights into England after the Conquest started in 1066, and derives from the Latin paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha ("Easter"). Alternative spellings are Pasco, Pascow and Pascho. Pascoe is the most common Cornish name.[1]

Pascoe
Gendermasculine
Origin
Word/nameCornish (from Latin)
Meaning"associated with Passover (or Easter)"
Other names
Related namesPasco, Pascal, Pascale, Pascalle, Paschal, Paskal, Paschalis, Pascaline, Pasquale, Pasqual, Pascual

Pasco is found as surname in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and France. Pasco is also a rare Italian surname found in Northern Italy: Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Tuscany.[2] Both the Italian and the English surnames share the same Latin root and derive from Latin word Pascha.

Notable people with this given name

Notable people with the surname Pascoe

Fictional characters

  • Harris Pascoe, a recurring character in the Poldark series of books and television
  • Dalziel and Pascoe, series of novels by Reginald Hill
  • Dalziel and Pascoe, popular British television crime drama
  • Jackie Webb (née Pascoe), fictional character on television series Footballers' Wives, played by Gillian Taylforth
  • Kyle Patrick Pascoe, fictional character on British drama Footballers' Wives, played by English actor Gary Lucy
  • Pascoe, the village pastor in Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers

Notable people with the surname Pasco

  • Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco (1818–1898) Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century, son of John Pasco
  • Isabelle Pasco (born 1966), French actress and model
  • John Pasco (1774–1853), British Admiral of Royal Navy
  • Merlin Owen Pasco (1892–1918), New Zealand entomologist
  • Richard Edward Pasco (1926–2014), British stage, screen and TV actor
  • Samuel Pasco (1834–1917), United States Senator from Florida

See also

References

  1. White, G. Pawley, A Handbook of Cornish Surnames.
  2. "PASCO significato origine cognome famiglia | Gens". www.gens.info.
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