Pascoe is a
Cornish given name and surname which means "Easter children" from the
Cornish languagePask,
cognate of
LatinPascha ("
Easter"). Pascoe is a Cornish
pet form of the 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" is also a Russian, Ukrainian and Macedonian name as it is the modern adaptation of the Slavic name "Pasko" (Macedonian: Паско; Russian or Ukrainian: Пасько) due to 18th and 19th century migration from Eastern Europe, creating the alternative Romanised spelling.
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