PATRICIA  

Gender: F
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "noble, patrician"

Popularity in 2008: #498

Patricia still sounds patrician, though its scores of nicknames definitely don't. Wildly popular from the forties (Number 4 in 1948) through the sixties, it has been fading ever since.

Variations:
Patrea, Paddy, Trisa, Trish, Patsy, Patrisha, Patty, Pat, Patie, Patria, Patti, Patee, Pati, Tricia, Patrisia, Trisha, Trishia, Trisia

International Variations:
Patrice (French) Pádraigín (Irish Gaelic) Patrizia (Italian) Patryka (Polish) Patrika (Scandinavian) Padrika (Slavic)

Patricia is being discussed in our message boards:

• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• An Aversion To "Y"
• narrowing my list...need help
• AA, BB, CC, DD....GIRLS!
• AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FG, GH....GIRLS

Read Nameberry blog posts about Patricia:

• EXOTIC LITE: Boys' Edition
• MIDDLE NAMES: The Strange, The Ordinary, and The Embarrassing
• BRITISH BABY NAMES: Quirky & Charming
• HELLO DOLLY: Names from the Doll World
• COMPLETE LIST OF CONTEST WINNERS