de Pascale vs de Pasquale

[oilman19]

Recently, I have been viewing documents that have changed the original (I think) surname from de Pascale to de Pasquale.
I have to admit that I have never encountered a de Pascale in U.S. but find de Pasquale (or similar) fairly common.

Do you think the c got changed to qu due to the sound from the person who most likely did not read or write?

Was qu very common in original Italian names?

Thank you

[Incipit]

De Pascale is not diffused as De Pasquale, but the two surnames, are widely present in the same areas of Italy.
The origin of the surname is the male name Pasquale/Pascale.
The name is linked to the adjective pasquale [Easter-paschal]

Paschale/Pascale is the most ancient form, more directely linked to the latin form:
pesach [hebrew] >
pàscha [greek] >
pascha(m) [latin] >
pasqua [italian]

There is also a female version of the name, which is Pascha/Pasca/Pasqua, more frequently used in the first decades of the XIXth Century, and now almost unused.

[Tessa78]

Hi Jim,

De Pasquale is found throughout Campania, and specifically in Caserta.
You will also find Di Pasquale, Di Pasqua, and Pasquale.

Was qu very common in original Italian names?

Here are a few...
Pasquariello
Cerqua
Quaglia
Piacquadio
Bevilacqua
Quaglia
Quaranta
Squarcio
Quarto
Quartuccio
Quatrale
Quarantiello
Acquaro

T.

[oilman19]

Thank you for your help.

And, thank you T. for that list of names.

I guess I will assume that the change in spelling of the name in my tree was not intentional.