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 [ 1 syll. pat, pa-t ] The girl name Pat is also used, and more often so, as a boy name. It is pronounced PAET KEY. Pat is of Aramaic and Latin origin. It is used mainly in English. Pat is an English form of the English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian Martha. Pat is also an English short form of the English, Portuguese, and Spanish Patricia. Pat is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1940 with 0.158% of baby girls being named Pat. It was #134 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Among the family of girl names directly related to Pat, the English, Portuguese, and Spanish Patricia was the most popular in 2008. Although there were times from 1926 to 1959 that Pat was more popular with girls, today it is used more commonly as a boy name. In 1966, 4 times more boys than girls were given the name Pat. Baby names that sound like Pat include the English Pet, the name Pati, the English Patti, the English Pattie, the English and German Patty, the English Pety, the Spanish Piedad, the Bari Pita, the Spanish Pepita, and the Indian Punita. KEY: Pronunciation for Pat: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
