Patron Names for Girls

There are 16 Patron names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Patron names 1 to 16. Within these names, Cecilia (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Lucia (English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Bridget (English, Irish, and Scottish), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian), and Paula (English, French, German, and Spanish). The unusual Patron names are Agatha (English, German, and Italian), Almudena (Spanish), Begoña (Spanish), Birgit (German and Scandinavian), Gemma (German and Italian), Genoveva (German and Spanish), Gobnait (Irish), Ludmilla (English and German), Regula (German), and Zita (English, German, and Italian).

Patron names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 3.696% of baby girls being given Patron names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 7 Patron names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then, and they are of modest use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 0.219% with 6 Patron names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Patron names, Cecilia (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #274 and a usage of 0.0589%.

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Ada 646 ... noble, honorable; ornament, ... mathematician and patron of Charles Babbage, the ...

Agatha ... kind, good ... martyr, known as the patron saint of bell-founders ...

Almudena ... the city ... Mary, who is also the patron saint of Madrid ...

Barbara 633 ... foreign woman ... and by association, the patron saint of gunners, ...

Begoña ... venerated as the patron saint of Bilbao; she ... (1630-1710), a French patron of botany. ...

Birgit ... to help; exalted one ... Birgitta (1304-1373), patron saint of Sweden and ...

Bridget 357 ... exalted one ... of Kildare (451-525), patron saint of Ireland and ...

Cecilia 274 ... blind ... Cecilia (176-180), the patron saint of music, was a ...

Gemma ... precious stone ... (1878-1903), the patron saint of students. ...

Genoveva ... (419 422-512), the patron saint of Paris. ...

Gobnait ... little smith ... Irish abbess and patron saint of Ballyvourney ...

Lucia 311 ... bright, born at daybreak ... as Saint Lucy, the patron saint of eye disease ...

Ludmilla ... people; favor, grace ... Ludmila (860-921), the patron saint of Bohemia. ...

Paula 651 ... little, humble ... Saint Paula (347-404), patron saint of widows ...

Regula ... rule of conduct ... brother Felix, are the patron saints of Zürich. ...

Zita ... little girl ... Zita (1212-1272), the patron saint of maids ...