pah-TRISH-ah, pah-TRISH-ee-ah
Patricia
About Patricia
Patricia still sounds patrician, though its scores of nicknames definitely don't. Wildly popular from the forties (alternately Number 3 and 4 throughout the decade) to the sixties, Patricia has been fading ever since. But a comeback in its full form is definitely conceivable—just look at Penelope.
Patricia began not in Ireland, as some may think, but evolved in Scotland, going on to become mega popular in Britain after the christening of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught, known as "Princess Pat" (though called Patsy by the family).
Several of Patricia's short forms took on lives of their own—first Patsy, which was replaced by Patti/Patty, followed by the more upwardly mobile Tricia, Trisha, Trish, Tisha, and Tish. Patrizia is an attractive Italian version.
Two bestselling contemporary novelists are Patricia Highsmith and Patricia Cornwell, and Patricia is also Rooney Mara's birth name.
Pronounced pah-TRISH-ah, pah-TRISH-ee-ah.
As of October 2026, Patricia ranked #1336 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3 in 1950, Nameberry popularity #480.
Editor's take: The name Patricia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "noble, patrician".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #739 | 379 | 212.2 |
| 2015 | #802 | 351 | 196.6 |
| 2016 | #736 | 387 | 218.4 |
| 2017 | #884 | 308 | 178.4 |
| 2018 | #900 | 299 | 175.8 |
| 2019 | #941 | 281 | 167.4 |
| 2020 | #1,116 | 217 | 134.2 |
| 2021 | #1,156 | 212 | 129.2 |
| 2022 | #1,114 | 222 | 135.4 |
| 2023 | #1,193 | 202 | 125.9 |
| 2024 | #1,302 | 177 | 109.2 |
| 2025 | #1,336 | 167 | 103.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Patricias
- Patricia Castle Richardson
American actress
- Patricia (Carroll Daniels) Cornwell
American novelist
- Patricia T. Arquette
American actress
- Patricia Mell "Patti" Blagojevich
wife of U.S. politician Rod Blagojevich
- Patricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy Lawford
sister of President John F. Kennedy, wife of actor Peter Lawford
- Patricia Marie Elizabeth "Patti" Murin
American actress
- Patricia Helen Heaton
American actress
- Patricia Davies Clarkson
American actress
- Patsy Louise "Patricia" Neal
American actress
- Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith
American singer,songwriter and poet
- (Mary) Patricia Highsmith
American novelist
- Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray
U.S. Senator from Washington
- Patricia Jane "Patty" Berg
American pro golfer
- Patricia Jean "Patty" Griffin
American singer,songwriter
- (Victoria) Patricia Helena Elizabeth
Princess of Connaught, granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria
- Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd
English model and photographer, ex,wife of Eric Clapton and George Harrison
- Patricia "Pattie" Mallette
mother of Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber
- Patricia Day
Danish lead singer and bassist of band Horrorpops
- Patricia Donnelly
Miss America 1939
- Patricia Rooney Mara
American actress and heiress
- Patricia Tarabini
Argentine tennis player
- Patricia Mayr
Achleitner, Austrian tennis player
- Patricia Hy
Boulais, Hong,Kong,Canadian tennis player
- Patricia Lee
Lloyd, half,sister of Oprah Winfrey
- Patricia Yurena RodrÃguez (Alonso)
Miss Spain 2013
- Patricia Peklar
Miss Earth Slovenia 2014
- Patricia Medrado
Brazilian tennis player
- Patricia Javiera López Menadier
Chilean actress
- (Claudia) Patricia Murillo
Miss El Salvador Universe 2014
- Edith Vivian Patricia Upton (b. 2015)
daughter of actress Cate Blanchett
- Patricia Borsanyi
Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
- Patricia "Pat" Summitt
American basketball coach
- Patricia Pendergraft
author
Patricia in pop culture
- Patricia "Pat" O'Sullivan
a main character in the St Clare series by Enid Blyton; twin of sister Isabel
- Patricia
minor character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Patricia Jenner
character in movie "Jeepers Creepers"
- Patricia "Patti" Mayonnaise
character from animated series "Doug"
- (Scarlett) Patricia Moon Butcher
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Patricia Kent
character on TV's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
- Patricia Ray
character from What Real Life Is
- Patricia 'Patty' Halliwell
character on TV series "Charmed"
- Patricia Brown
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Patricia Williamson
character on Nickelodeon's "House of Anubis"
- Patricia Thornton
character on TV's "MacGyver"
- Patricia "Patty" Bladell
main character in series "Insatiable"
Variations & nicknames
- PatriceFrench
- PatrikaScandinavian
- PádraigínIrish Gaelic
- PadrikaSlavic
- PatriziaItalian
- PatrykaPolish
More nicknames
- Patty
- Patti
- Pat
- Patsy