Pascoe


Pascoe is a Cornish given name and surname which means "Easter children" from the Cornish language Pask, cognate of Latin Pascha. Pascoe is a Cornish pet form of the name Pascal, introduced by the Norman knights into England after the Norman Conquest started in 1066, and derives from the Latin paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha. Alternative spellings are Pasco, Pascow and Pascho. Pascoe is the most common Cornish name.
"Pascoe" is also a Russian, Ukrainian and Macedonian name as it is the modern adaptation of the Slavic name "Pasko" due to 18th and 19th century migration from Eastern Europe, creating the alternative Romanised spelling.
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. Both the Italian and the Cornish surnames share the same Latin root and derive from the Latin word Pascha.

Notable people with this given name

  • Pascoe Bioletti, English criminal who attempted to influence the results of English football games
  • Pasco Bowman II, American senior federal judge
  • Pascoe Charles Glyn, British businessman and Liberal politician
  • Pascoe Grenfell, British businessman and politician
  • Pascoe Grenfell Hill, British priest in the Church of England and an author
  • John Pascoe Grenfell,, British officer in the Brazilian Navy
  • William Pascoe Crook, British missionary, schoolmaster and pastor

    Notable people with the surname Pascoe

  • Alan Peter Pascoe, British athlete
  • B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs
  • Bruce Pascoe, Australian writer
  • Colin Pascoe, Welsh football player
  • Chris Pascoe, English humorous author
  • Derek Pascoe, British musician, father of Sara
  • Eva Pascoe, Polish born British internet entrepreneur
  • Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, Cornish entomologist
  • George Pascoe-Watson, British journalist
  • J. Ernest Pascoe, Canadian politician, farmer and journalist
  • Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, Mexican trade union leader and politician
  • John Pascoe, Chief Federal Magistrate of Australia
  • John Pascoe Fawkner, Australian pioneer, businessman and politician
  • Keith Pascoe, British musician and conductor
  • Len Pascoe, Australian footballer and coach
  • Matthew Pascoe, Australian cricketer
  • McKenna "Bear" Pascoe, American football player
  • Michael Pascoe, Australian financial journalist
  • Paul Pascoe, New Zealand architect
  • Peggy Pascoe, American professor of history and ethnic studies
  • Peter Pascoe, Australian Paralympic shooter
  • Robert Pascoe,, British Adjutant-General to the Forces
  • Russell Pascoe, third-last prisoner to be executed in a British prison
  • Sara Pascoe, British comedian, daughter of Derek Pascoe
  • Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand paralympic swimmer
  • Thomas Pascoe, English migrant to California
  • Thomas Pascoe , member of South Australia's Legislative Council

    Fictional characters

  • Harris Pascoe, a recurring character in the Poldark series of books and television
  • Peter Pascoe, in Dalziel and Pascoe, series of crime novels by Reginald Hill
  • *also in Dalziel and Pascoe, BBC series based on the novels
  • Jackie Webb, fictional character on television series Footballers' Wives, played by Gillian Taylforth
  • Kyle Pascoe, in British drama Footballers' Wives, played by Gary Lucy
  • Pascoe, the village pastor in Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers
  • Victor Pascow, wreck victim in Stephen King's "Pet Cemetery".

    Notable people with the surname Pasco

  • Crawford Atchison Denman Pasco Royal Navy officer and Australian police magistrate during the 19th century, son of John Pasco
  • Isabelle Pasco, French actress and model
  • John Pasco, British Admiral of Royal Navy
  • Merlin Owen Pasco, New Zealand entomologist
  • Richard Edward Pasco, British stage, screen and TV actor
  • Samuel Pasco, United States Senator from Florida