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Original poster

honest first impressions - I won't take offence #2 (different name)

38 replies

kalo12 · 08/06/2011 21:16

PASCAL

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RugbyWidow7 · 08/06/2011 21:20

French?

LCarbury · 08/06/2011 21:25

For a boy? In UK people might read it as Pascale as there are more girls than boys with this name. Quite a nice name, either way. Can't see anything wrong with it, and there will only be one in the class at school you'd imagine.

radancer · 08/06/2011 21:29

I like it. I knew a Pascale and she was lovely, but I think it's also a good name for a boy.

radancer · 08/06/2011 21:29

spelt Pascal, of course.

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kalo12 · 08/06/2011 21:30

yes for a boy - Pascal

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MavisEnderby · 08/06/2011 21:30

I like it.are you French?

mathanxiety · 08/06/2011 21:32

Very nice, imo. Quite popular in Ireland about 50 years ago. I thought of Pascale as a mn for DD1 but was vetoed

AlfalfaMum · 08/06/2011 21:33

I like it too.
I knew a half-French Pascal in London, it works well in uk because you don';t have to use a fancy accent or anything.

meditrina · 08/06/2011 21:34

Lovely - but I would assume the child had an Easter birthday.

Maternelle · 08/06/2011 21:36

Much better than Bruno.

mathanxiety · 08/06/2011 21:36

That was why I thought it would be nice for DD1 as she was due at Easter.

MumblingRagDoll · 08/06/2011 21:38

Oooh...gorgeous! First impression...male name and very nice.

ThatllDoPig · 08/06/2011 21:41

Very nice, unusual, classy, but with an edge.
Better than Bruno

perplexedpirate · 08/06/2011 21:42

My DS has a toy lizard named Pascal and I can't get past that to tell whether or not it is actually a nice name. To me it's just a lizard that lives on the bookshelf.

That almost certainly doesn't help, sorry.

BelleEnd · 08/06/2011 21:43

perplexedpirate :o :o :o

Will only work for people with French connections imo

LetThereBeRock · 08/06/2011 21:45

Love it.

mathanxiety · 08/06/2011 21:45

I might actually assume Irish grandfather if I met a child with the name.

hellokitty123 · 08/06/2011 22:11

How would you pronounce it in English - PASS-cal or Pas-CALL. I think it sounds lovely in French but am not sure about the English pronunciation.

Personally I prefer Bruno - strong name that works well in all languages (well, it is pronounced the same in German, English and French)

TheSecondComing · 08/06/2011 22:15

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ThePieSmuggler · 08/06/2011 22:15

Erm, not keen at all, reminds of high school physics (there was a Pascal's Law I think) but I seem to be in the minority, and if you like it OP then that's all that matters!

Karbea · 08/06/2011 22:19

It's a French name, wouldn't work if you live in uk

Oakmaiden · 08/06/2011 22:24

Isn't that a computer programming language?

Greythorne · 08/06/2011 22:27

I hate it but that's because I was forced to read "Les Pensées de Pascal" at university. Blaise Pascal was a boring religious nutter and I can't escape the memory of him and his dreadful pensées.
sorry!

culturemulcher · 08/06/2011 22:27

Slightly flowery / flouncy, but nice.

EdithWeston · 08/06/2011 23:08

Nice name, but strongly religious (think Pascal Lamb etc) and very closely associated with Easter.