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Patsy

Patsy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“noble”
Origin
English
Say it
PAT-see · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (94% of all uses)

Diminutive of Patricia in English, and sometimes used for Patrick. Through Patricia it ultimately comes from Latin patricius 'noble'.

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How popular is Patsy?

20245.1 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Patsy in 202417

Peak year1936

Total US babies since 1880127,138

Patsy is steady now but far below its 1936 peak.

Names like Patsy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Patsy questions

What does the name Patsy mean?

Patsy means "noble". It comes from English. Diminutive of Patricia in English, and sometimes used for Patrick. Through Patricia it ultimately comes from Latin patricius 'noble'.

Is Patsy a boy or girl name?

Patsy is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Patsy?

17 US babies were named Patsy in 2024. Its peak year was 1936.

How do you pronounce Patsy?

Patsy is usually pronounced PAT-see.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.