Name Pascale for a girl

[Anonymous]

OP, better to ask on a site like Nameberry. I asked here about name choices we were considering too, and they got butchered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is strictly a boy name.

I thought the boy's name was Pascal?

[Anonymous]

I love it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like it; it seems masculine for a girl.

That's like saying that Paula seems masculine for a girl. Or Georgia. Or Antoinette.

NP here, but I disagree. Those names don't sound a thing like Pascale. The name lean masculine to my ear too, whereas, Anotoinette for instance sounds very feminine.

Pascal (boy), Pascale (girl).
Paul (boy), Paula (girl).
George (boy), Georgia (girl).
Antoine (boy), Antoinette (girl).

I don't know where the idea came from that all girl names must end in -a.

In the case of Pascal/Pascale adding the "e" doesn't change the pronunciation at all though, does it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's such a pretty name, but it just makes me think of a sacrificial lamb.

+1 Seder plate and all

You are both so confused

Oh, I'm so sorry. Do the words "paschal" and "pascal" not sound similar to you? Especially since this is Holy Week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like it; it seems masculine for a girl.

That's like saying that Paula seems masculine for a girl. Or Georgia. Or Antoinette.

NP here, but I disagree. Those names don't sound a thing like Pascale. The name lean masculine to my ear too, whereas, Anotoinette for instance sounds very feminine.

Pascal (boy), Pascale (girl).
Paul (boy), Paula (girl).
George (boy), Georgia (girl).
Antoine (boy), Antoinette (girl).

I don't know where the idea came from that all girl names must end in -a.

In the case of Pascal/Pascale adding the "e" doesn't change the pronunciation at all though, does it?

Of course it does. Final consonants are silent in French, so adding the e changes the final vowel and consonant sound.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's such a pretty name, but it just makes me think of a sacrificial lamb.

+1 Seder plate and all

You are both so confused

Oh, I'm so sorry. Do the words "paschal" and "pascal" not sound similar to you? Especially since this is Holy Week?

+1 That was my first thought. That this was an Easter baby.

Aren't Pascale and Pascal pronounced that same?

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In the case of Pascal/Pascale adding the "e" doesn't change the pronunciation at all though, does it?

Of course it does. Final consonants are silent in French, so adding the e changes the final vowel and consonant sound.

?
The final l in Pascal is pronounced, even in French.

[Anonymous]

I'm French and don't like it, but what counts is that YOU like it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's such a pretty name, but it just makes me think of a sacrificial lamb.

+1 Seder plate and all

You are both so confused

Oh, I'm so sorry. Do the words "paschal" and "pascal" not sound similar to you? Especially since this is Holy Week?

Paschal is PASS-kle. The names Pascal and Pascale are pahss-CAHL. (The programming language is pass-CAL.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like it; it seems masculine for a girl.

That's like saying that Paula seems masculine for a girl. Or Georgia. Or Antoinette.

NP here, but I disagree. Those names don't sound a thing like Pascale. The name lean masculine to my ear too, whereas, Anotoinette for instance sounds very feminine.

Pascal (boy), Pascale (girl).
Paul (boy), Paula (girl).
George (boy), Georgia (girl).
Antoine (boy), Antoinette (girl).

I don't know where the idea came from that all girl names must end in -a.

Latin.

[Anonymous]

I like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's such a pretty name, but it just makes me think of a sacrificial lamb.

+1 Seder plate and all

You are both so confused

Oh, I'm so sorry. Do the words "paschal" and "pascal" not sound similar to you? Especially since this is Holy Week?

Paschal is PASS-kle. The names Pascal and Pascale are pahss-CAHL. (The programming language is pass-CAL.)

pahss-CAHL and pass-CAL sound the same to me. pahss-CAHL= Pass-Kale?

Both the boy and girl versions are the same pronunciation?

[Anonymous]

No - awful. She will be made fun of nonstop.
Unless you can nickname her something.
Patty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No - awful. She will be made fun of nonstop.
Unless you can nickname her something.
Patty?

Why would she be teased? There are kids with very international names in this area - Indian, Chinese, Russian, Mongolian names etc.

My kids have French first names to go with their French last name because I didn't want an Anglo first name with a French last name. One of them even has Pascal as a middle name - after Blaise....