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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant spelling of Pask.
  • Danish (Paaske) : from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis (see Pascal), or perhaps a nickname for someone who was born at Easter, påske, or had some other particular connection with that time of year, such as owing a feudal obligation then.
  • German : from an eastern (Slavic) short form of the medieval personal names Paschasius or Paschalis (see Pascal).
  • German : habitational name from Paska in Thuringia.
  • German (Päske) : from an eastern (Slavic) short form of the personal name Petrus (see Peter).

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