Patricia
Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word patrician, meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. Another well-known variant of this is "Patrice".
According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to 1943 in the United States, after which it dropped in popularity, sliding to #745 in 2016.  From 1928 to 1967, the name was ranked among the top 11 female names.In Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Latin-American countries, the name Patrícia/Patricia is common as well, pronounced [paˈtɾisiɐ] in Portuguese and [paˈtɾisja] in Spanish. In Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced [paˈtrittsja] in Italian and [paˈtʁiːtsi̯a] in German. In Polish, the variant is Patrycja, pronounced [paˈtrɨt͡sja]. It is also used in Romania, in 2009 being the 43rd most common name for baby girls.

People
Patricia of Naples  (died c. 665), Italian Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
Patricia Angadi (1914-2001), British portrait painter and novelist
Patricia Arquette, American actress and director
Pat Benatar, American singer
Patricia Boy, American politician
Patricia Brake (1942–2022), English actress
Patricia Briggs, American author
Pat Cadigan, American author
Patricia Clarkson, American actress
Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox, daughter of Richard Nixon
Patricia Hill Collins, American scholar of feminism and gender, author, sociologist, philosopher
Patricia Cornwell, American author
Patti Davis, American actress and author
Patricia Delgado, American ballet dancer
Pat Dowell, American politician
Patty (singer), Japanese–American singer Patricia Fink
Patricia C. Frist, American businesswoman and philanthropist
Patricia Gaztañaga (born 1966), Spanish television presenter
Patricia Gibney, Irish author
Patrícia Gouveia, Portuguese footballer
Patricia Grace, Maori writer
Patricia Gutiérrez, Venezuelan politician
Patricia Hernández (politician), Canary Island politician
Patricia Harless, American politician
Patricia Heaton, American actress, comedian, producer and model
Patricia Hennin, Canadian multi-sport Paralympic athlete
Patricia Hewitt, Australian-born British Labour Party politician
Patricia Highsmith, American novelist
Patricia Hodge, English actress
Patricia Joudry (1921 – 2000), Canadian playwright and author.
Patricia Penn Anne Kemp, Canadian writer better known as Penn Kemp
Patricia Kalember, American actress
Patricia Krenwinkel, convicted murderer
Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite
Patti LaBelle, American singer, songwriter
Patricia Lawson (1929–2019), Canadian multi-sport athlete and coach
Patricia Lemoine (born 1961), French politician
Patricia Littlechild (born 1965), Scottish sport shooter and neurosurgeon
Pat Lundvall, American lawyer
Patricia Madigan, Australian Catholic, interfaith leader, feminist writer
Patricia Magtanong, Miss International Philippines 2019
Patricia Mancilla (born 1966), Bolivian politician
Rooney Mara, American film actress (born Patricia Rooney Mara)
Patricia Marroquín, Guatemalan public figure and the incumbent First Lady of Guatemala
Patricia Mayayo (born 1967), Spanish art historian
Patricia McConnell, American ethologist, author, advice columnist, and radio host
Pat McDonagh (1934–2014), British fashion designer
Patricia McKenzie, Canadian actress, dancer and singer
Patricia A. McKillip (1948–2022), American fantasy and science fiction writer
Patricia McPherson, American actress
Patricia Medina – British actress
Patricia Mountain, English politician
Patricia Neal, American actress
Patricia Newcomb, American producer and publicist
Pat Nixon, former First Lady of the United States
Patricia O'Connor, multiple people
Patricia O'Lynn, Northern Irish politician
Patricia Owens, Canadian-born American actress
Patricia Petersen, Australian academic, politician, actress, playwright and director
Patricia Poleo, Venezuelan journalist
Pat Phoenix, British actress (born Patricia Phoenix)
Patricia Piccinini, Australian artist and sculptor
Patricia Quinn (disambiguation), multiple people
Patricia Redlich (1940–2011), Irish clinical psychologist
Patricia Richardson, American television and film actress
Patricia Routledge, British actress
Patricia Rozema (born 1958), Canadian film director, writer and producer
Patricia Ruanne (1945–2022), British ballerina
Pat Russell (1923–2021), American community activist and politician
Patricia Randall Tindale, English architect and civil servant
Patricia Salas O'Brien (born 1958), Peruvian sociologist and Minister of Education
Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright
Patricia Woodlock (1873 – alive in 1930), British artist and suffragette
Patricia Young, Canadian poet
Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886–1974), member of the British royal family

Fictional characters
Patricia Dorval, a survivor in the video game Identity V
Patricia Robertson (comics), Marvel Comics character
Patricia Walker, Marvel Comics superhero Hellcat
Patricia, Morgana's human alterego from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

See also
Patricia (genus), a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae
List of storms named Patricia
Hurricane Patricia, strongest storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere
Patty (given name)
Tricia
Trish
Trisha
All pages with titles beginning with Pat
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All pages with titles containing Patricia


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