from a short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis. Compare Italian Pasquale.
nickname for someone with tax or service obligations at Easter time, from Middle Low German pasche(n) ‘Easter’ (see Pascal). In the Middle Ages the year of the influential archdiocese of Cologne, for instance, began officially at Easter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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