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Pat
Say it: PAT
Meaning
A short form of Patricia, from Latin patricius 'patrician, of noble family'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Registered as a full name in the US mostly in the 1930s and 1940s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 66,855 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1940, about 1 in 614 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Pat Nixon, US First Lady
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.