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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?

OK, think of the difference between "call" and "cal" (as in California).

Yes, I can hear the difference. They're still basically the same word.

That's like saying that pall and pal are basically the same word. And I suppose that some pals are palls, but I usually try to avoid having those.

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American "mall" English "mall"

Lots of words have soundalikes. So to me: Pascale = Paschal lamb.

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

She will not ever be made fun of, at my kids' schools. But then not everybody at my kids' schools is named Liam, Caroline, Elizabeth, or Henry.

Living in a bubble won't last forever. That's a hard name to have if you are a female living in this country.
I have a friend who has a similar kind of name and at age 40 she still hates her name and regrets being named it.
She should have changed it but didn't want to offend her parents but she hates it.

You asked. Don't get defensive when you are told what people might think.

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The kids at the schools my kids go to have all kinds of names. Non-English-language names, English-ish names, royalty-of-England names, names I've never heard of. I don't think it's my kids' schools that are the bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:This is strictly a boy name.

No it's not. Pascale is a very common, traditional french girls name. The boy's name is Pascal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascale

I know many, many boy Pascals and zero girl Pascales. So in America, not France, it would be thought of as a boys name.

I know two beautiful, happy Pascales, here in the US.

PP, get out of your cave.

I know seven ugly, sad Pascales.

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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.)

NP here. I know all this but it made me think of paschal lamb too. Doesn't mean you shouldn't choose it, but that's where my mind went.

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

She will not ever be made fun of, at my kids' schools. But then not everybody at my kids' schools is named Liam, Caroline, Elizabeth, or Henry.

Living in a bubble won't last forever. That's a hard name to have if you are a female living in this country.
I have a friend who has a similar kind of name and at age 40 she still hates her name and regrets being named it.
She should have changed it but didn't want to offend her parents but she hates it.

You asked. Don't get defensive when you are told what people might think.

Sounds very French. Would only use if you don't want that to be the association.

Anonymous wrote:Isn't it a boy's name?

+1

love it!

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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?

OK, think of the difference between "call" and "cal" (as in California).

Yes, I can hear the difference. They're still basically the same word.

That's like saying that pall and pal are basically the same word. And I suppose that some pals are palls, but I usually try to avoid having those.

FWIW, I was pronouncing it "-kale" until PP clarified it should be "-call". I am not a French speaker.

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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?

OK, think of the difference between "call" and "cal" (as in California).

Yes, I can hear the difference. They're still basically the same word.

That's like saying that pall and pal are basically the same word. And I suppose that some pals are palls, but I usually try to avoid having those.

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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.)

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

Both the boy and girl versions are the same pronunciation?

OK, think of the difference between "call" and "cal" (as in California).

Yes, I can hear the difference. They're still basically the same word.

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

She will not ever be made fun of, at my kids' schools. But then not everybody at my kids' schools is named Liam, Caroline, Elizabeth, or Henry.

+ 1

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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.)

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

Both the boy and girl versions are the same pronunciation?

OK, think of the difference between "call" and "cal" (as in California).

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

She will not ever be made fun of, at my kids' schools. But then not everybody at my kids' schools is named Liam, Caroline, Elizabeth, or Henry.

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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....

+1 Why on earth would you assume she would be teased?? I feel for you as you must live in a very backward community to assume that a child with the name Pascale would be teased.

OP - I really like it but it's not up to me or anyone on DCUM. If you and DH like it, go for it.
It seems that unless your child is Mary Elizabeth, Catherine/Katherine, Henry, or Edward, the name that you choose is going to be ripped apart as "trying too hard" or that the name is "unpronounceable". I wouldn't worry what a bunch of ignorant nitwits think.