Patience
Patience is an English feminine given name referring to the virtue of patience. It was a name created by the Puritans in the 1600s.
Meaning & Origin of Patience
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Patience is an English feminine given name referring to the virtue of patience. It was a name created by the Puritans in the 1600s.
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The Story of Patience
Patience first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 508 Patiences were born — ranking #577 that year. As of 2026, Patience ranks #1,379 for baby girls with 163 births, falling sharply (-17%). In total, more than 13K Patiences have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Patience
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Patience Agbabi (born 1965), English poet and writer
- Patience Collier (1910–1987), British actress
- Patience Cowie (1964-2020), British geologist
- Patience Dabany (born 1941), singer from Gabon
- Patience Hodgson , member of Australian band The Grates
- Patience McIntyre (born 1942), of Patience and Prudence , a 1950s singing duo
- Patience D. Roggensack (born 1940), former Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Patience Worth (1883–1937), author Pearl Lenore Curran's claimed source of spirit guidance
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Names that sound like Patience
Phonetically similar names — useful when Patience is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Patients
- Passions
- Potions
- Passion
- Patient
- Potion
- Pigeons
- Pittance
- Potence
- Piceous
- Paschen
- Passione
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Patience
Patience is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Patience's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #577. Use the chart and map above to compare Patience's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.