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Patsy

Girl · English pet form

Patsy

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Meaning

In the 18th century a pet form of Martha; later of Patricia.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A Federal-era pet name, later reapplied to Patricia.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1930s

In the United States

024618801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1936Boys 1911per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 127,056 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1936, about 1 in 248 girls
  • 17 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837

Used by

American

Famous bearers

  • Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson

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Where this comes from

  • Colonial records of the Americas
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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