MEANING & HISTORY
What does Patricia mean?
Patricia is the feminine counterpart of Latin Patricius, the source of Patrick. Its root refers to a patrician or member of the noble class in Roman society.
That historical social meaning explains the name; it does not confer rank on its bearer. Medieval Latin records contain Patricia, although its later everyday use as a woman’s name followed a different chronology from Patrick.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /paˈtɾiθja/
- [paˈt̪ɾi.θja]
- /paˈtɾisja/
- [paˈt̪ɾi.sja]
Pa · tri · cia3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin patricia (“noble”); later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick.
A female given name from Latin.
Wiktionary: Patricia (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, equivalent to English Patricia
Wiktionary: Patricia (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Patricia
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pia Hontiveros
Filipino journalist
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Patricia Santo Tomas
Filipino businessman
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
11
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Patricia Santo Tomas, Pia Hontiveros
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Patricia in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Patricia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Patricio♂Patrician or nobleman
- Patrice♂♀Related to patrician or noble rank
- Patrick♂Patrician; of noble rank
- Tricia♀Short form of Patricia; patrician
- Alicia♀Noble kind; form of Alice
- Leticia♀Gladness or joy
- Patri·Familiar form of Patricia; patrician root
- Patring♀Familiar form of Patricia or Patrice
What rhymes with Patricia?
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Recorded combinations with Patricia
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1231089 — Patricia (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Patricia Santo Tomas (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1231089 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Pia Hontiveros (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1231089 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Patricia (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Patricia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Patricia (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Patrick (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.