Pascal
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French. From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Pascal (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Pascal has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13 | 205 |
| 2000 | 13 | 213 |
| 2001 | 12 | 223 |
| 2002 | 13 | 232 |
| 2003 | 13 | 242 |
| 2004 | 13 | 259 |
| 2005 | 13 | 270 |
| 2006 | 13 | 280 |
| 2007 | 12 | 281 |
| 2008 | 13 | 287 |
| 2009 | 13 | 297 |
| 2010 | 14 | 307 |
| 2011 | 14 | 315 |
| 2012 | 15 | 332 |
| 2013 | 17 | 347 |
| 2014 | 16 | 357 |
| 2015 | 15 | 369 |
| 2016 | 16 | 380 |
| 2017 | 16 | 393 |
| 2018 | 17 | 408 |
| 2019 | 17 | 419 |
| 2020 | 17 | 436 |
Pascal in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Pascal.Hi! My name is Pascal.
- Pascal bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Pascal lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Pascal har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Pascal has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Pascals mamma är lärare.Pascal's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Pascals mamma is Pascal's mum.
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Questions about Pascal
How do you pronounce Pascal in Swedish?
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What does the name Pascal mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French. From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
How popular is Pascal in Sweden?
11 babies were named Pascal in 2022. In 2020, 453 people in Sweden had Pascal as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.