Pat

Diminutive of Patricia

"noble, patrician"

Pat Origin and Meaning

The name Pat is a girl's name meaning "noble, patrician".

An early and still quintessentially androgynous name, now supplanted by thousands of fresher options.

Pat Rank in US Top 1000

# 996 in the US

Famous People Named Pat

• Thelma "Pat" Nixon US First Lady as wife of President Richard Nixon
• Patricia Ann "Pat" Carroll American actress
• Patricia Mae "Pat" Benatar American pop singer
• Patricia Frederica "Pat" Phoenix English actress
• Patricia Oren Kearney "Pat" Cadigan American novelist
• Patricia Alma "Pat" Hitchcock English actress
• Patricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy Lawford American socialite
• Patricia Ann "Pat" Priest American actress
• Patricia Annette "Pat" Smith American beauty queen and wife of NFL player Emmitt Smith

Pat in Pop Culture

• Pat O'Neill Riley androgyne in a sketch on TV's Saturday Night Live and 1994 film "It's Pat"
• Pat main character in Enid Blyton's "St Clare's"