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[ 3 syll. pa-tri-cia, pat-ric-ia ] The boy name Patricia is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is PahTRIHSHah †. Patricia is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Latin origins. Patricia is a variant of the name Patrick (English, French, German, and Irish). Patricia is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1941 with 0.012% of baby boys being given the name Patricia. Its ranking then was #475. The baby name has since markedly fallen in popularity, and is currently of infrequent use. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Patricia, Patrick was the most widely used in 2008. Patricia has in the past century been predominantly given to girls. In 1970, Patricia as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 198 times. Baby names that sound like Patricia include Padhraic (Irish), Padraic (Irish), Padraig (Irish), Padruig (Scottish), Patraic (Irish), Patricus, Pàdraig (Scottish), Pádraic (Irish), Pádraig (Irish), Pátraic (Irish), Petrícek (Czech), Petrousek (Czech), Petrukas (Lithuanian), Petrusha (Russian), Piotrek (Polish), Padrig (Welsh), Patrece, Patric (English, French, and Irish), Patrice (English and French), and Patricio (Portuguese and Spanish).
† Pronunciation for Patricia: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
