Patricia
Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word patrician, meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. Another well-known variant is Patrice.
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Meaning & Origin of Patricia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word patrician, meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. Another well-known variant is Patrice.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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- Dutch
- Ancient Roman
- Slovak
- Portuguese
- Hungarian
The Story of Patricia
The earliest SSA record of Patricia as a baby girl name dates back to 1884, when 6 babies received it. 1951 was its biggest year on record, with 56,446 newborns named Patricia — #3 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Patricia on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Patricia ranks #1,284 for baby girls with 178 births, falling sharply (-27%). All told, over 1.6M Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Patricia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Patricia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Patricia
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- Patricia of Naples (died c. 665), Italian Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
- Patricia Adams (1949–2020), American actress who used the stage name Velvet Rhodes
- Patricia Allan (born 1938), New Zealand nurse and vicar
- Patricia Angadi (1914–2001), British portrait painter and novelist
- Patricia Arquette (born 1968), American actress and director
- Pat Ashworth (1930–2023), British nursing sister
- Patricia Bell-Scott , American scholar of women's studies and black feminism
- Pat Benatar (born 1953), American singer
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Names that sound like Patricia
Phonetically similar names — useful when Patricia is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Patricia
Patricia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 1.6M births in the dataset. Patricia's peak popularity came in 1951 when it ranked #3. Use the chart and map above to compare Patricia'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 .
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