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 [ 2 syll. pat-sy, pa-tsy ] The girl name Patsy is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced PAETSiy KEY. Patsy's language of origin is Latin and it is predominantly used in English. Patsy is a pet form of the English, Portuguese, and Spanish Patricia. Patsy is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1936, 0.389% of baby girls were named Patsy. It was #52 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Patsy, the English, Portuguese, and Spanish Patricia was the most popular. Though there were times from 1903 to 1922 when more boys than girls were given the name Patsy, the name is today more frequently used for girls. In 1949, 68 times more girls than boys were given the name Patsy. Baby names that sound like Patsy include the Greek names the name Petsy and Pipitsa. A famous person named Patsy is Country Singer, Patsy Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley 8 September 1932 - 5 March 1963, Winchester, Virginia. KEY: Pronunciation for Patsy: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
