Patricia
English
Etymology
From Latin patricia (“noble”); later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈtɹɪʃə/
Proper noun
Patricia
- A female given name.
- 1904 Carolyn Wells, Patty at Home, BiblioBazaar ,LLC( 2007), →ISBN, page 36:
- - - - Our house is not of the era of Queen Isabella, but of the Princess Patricia."
- "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always call me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name."
- "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. "If you want to be called Patricia, you must get somebody else to do it. I dare say you could hire somebody for a small sum per week to call you Patricia for a given number of times every day."
- "Now, you're making fun of me, papa; but I do want to grow up dignified, and not be a silly schoolgirl all my life."
- 1991 Joyce Carol Oates, Heat And Other Stories, Dutton, →ISBN:
- "Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia. Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.
- 1904 Carolyn Wells, Patty at Home, BiblioBazaar ,LLC( 2007), →ISBN, page 36:
Usage notes
- The name was formerly rare in English, but became popular in the 20th century, partly due to Princess Patricia (1886-1974), a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, so named since she was born on St. Patrick's day.
Derived terms
- Patricia tree, Patricia trie
Translations
female given name
Danish
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.tʁi.sja/
- Homophone: patriciat
German
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Norwegian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /paˈtɾiθja/, [paˈt̪ɾiθja]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /paˈtɾisja/, [paˈt̪ɾisja]
Swedish
Proper noun
Patricia c (genitive Patricias)
- A female given name borrowed from English, popular in the end of the 20th century.
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