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Tricia
Say it: TRISH-uh
Meaning
A short form of Patricia, from Latin patricius 'patrician, of the noble class'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Most used in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 40,193 babies given this name since 1939
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 479 girls
- 13 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Trisha, Trish
Famous bearers
- Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of US President Nixon
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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.