Meanings
- A female given name from Latin.
"Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia. Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.
1991, Joyce Carol Oates, Heat And Other Stories, Dutton, →ISBN1 more example
"[…] Our house is not of the era of Queen Isabella, but of the Princess Patricia." "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always called me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name." "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. "If you want to be called Patricia, you must get somebody else to do it. I dare say you could hire somebody for a small sum per week to call you Patricia for a given number of times every day." "Now, you're making fun of me, papa; but I do want to grow up dignified, and not be a silly schoolgirl all my life."
1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 56
Origin
- Latinpatricia“noble”
- EnglishPatricia
From Latin patricia (“noble”); later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Патри́ция
- Патри́ция (Patrícija)female given name
Catalan Patrícia
- Patríciafemale given name
Czech Patricie
- Patriciefemale given name
Danish Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
Dutch Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
French Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
German Patricia, Patrizia
- Patriciafemale given name
- Patriziafemale given name
Greek Πατρικία
- Πατρικία (Patrikía)female given name
Hungarian Patrícia
- Patríciafemale given name
Italian Patrizia
- Patriziafemale given name
Korean 퍼트리샤
- 퍼트리샤 (Peoteurisya)female given name
Latvian Patrīcija
- Patrīcijafemale given name
Norwegian Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
Polish Patrycja
- Patrycjafemale given name
Portuguese Patrícia
- Patríciafemale given name
Romanian Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
Russian Патри́ция, Патри́сия
- Патри́ция (Patrícija)female given name
- Патри́сия (Patrísija)female given name
Spanish Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
Swedish Patricia
- Patriciafemale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Patricia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
Patricia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Patricia
“Patricia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Patricia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Patricia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Patricia.
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