Pasquier is a French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 derived from Latin pascuarium (verb pascere) meaning "pasture

Pasture

Pasture is land used for grazing. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, cattle, sheep or swine. The vegetation of tended pasture, forage, consists mainly of grasses, with an interspersion of legumes and other forbs...

". Pasquier shares the same root of given name

Given name

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 and surname Pascal

Pascal (name)

Pascal is a common masculine Francophone given name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual. Pascal is common in French-speaking countries, Germany and Netherlands. The correct feminine form is Pascale, Pascalle or Pascalina...

, from Latin Pascha, in turn from the Hebrew

Hebrew language

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 pesach that means literally "pass over". Alternative spellings and related names are: Pasquett, Pasquié, Pâquier, Pasqueraud, Pasquerault, Paqueraud, Paquerault, Paquereau.

Pasquier may refer to:

• Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier
  Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier
  Edme-Armand-Gaston, duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier , known as Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by Félix Dupanloup and succeeded by Alexandre Ribot.He was the grand-nephew and adopted son of Baron Etienne...
  
   (1823–1905), a French politician and member of the Académie française,
• Étienne Pasquier
  Étienne Pasquier
  Étienne Pasquier , French lawyer and man of letters, was born at Paris, on 7 June 1529 by his own account, according to others a year earlier. He was called to the Paris bar in 1549....
  
   (1529-1615), French lawyer and man of letters,
• Étienne-Denis Pasquier
  Étienne-Denis Pasquier
  Étienne-Denis, duc de Pasquier , Chancelier de France, , was a French statesman...
  
   (1767–1862) was a French statesman.
• Georges Pasquier (1878-?) French road racing cyclist
• Stéphane Pasquier
  Stéphane Pasquier
  Stéphane Pasquier in Paris, France, is a flat racing jockey. In October 2006, he won the 85th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe....
  
  (1978- ), French jockey