Patricia

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Patricia is a female given name and means the patrician .

Name origin

The first name is of Latin origin (Latin patricius , -a, -um = "patrician", "noble", "noble"). Patricia also means of noble birth.

On the one hand, the name can be traced back to the patron saint of Naples, Saint Patrizia. The name day is then August 25th. The name also originated from the veneration of Saint Patrizius , the Apostle of Ireland . When Patricia is the feminine form of Patrick . Therefore March 17th is also a name day.

frequency

Patricia found its way into German naming in the middle of the 20th century under Anglo-American influence. In 1982 Patricia was 49th in the list of most frequent names, her best ranking from 1952 to 2008.

The name was more common in English-speaking countries. In Scotland it was ranked 8th most frequently given name in 1950. In the US, the name was consistently in the top 5 places between 1935 and 1954. From 1930 to 1966 he was among the 10 most frequently given names. Due to the very frequent use of his first name, he was in the 1990 census in second place among the most common names in the general population.

The name was very popular in France in the early 1960s.

Alternative spellings

Alternative spellings:

  • Patrizia (German or Italian)
  • Patricia (French or Spanish)
  • Patrycja (Polish)
  • Patricija (Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Latvian)
  • Patrícia (Portuguese)
  • Patrischa (Swiss)

Usual short forms:

  • Paty, Patty, Patti, Pattie, Pati, Pady, Pety, Petzi, Patze, Patcha
  • Patci, Patzi
  • Patient
  • Tricia
  • Trizi
  • Trish
  • Potti
  • Trisha
  • Tricks
  • Trecia

Holy Patricia

The Holy Patricia was probably in the 7th century in Constantinople Opel born. She died in Naples on August 25 at 665 .

According to legend, Patricia was a relative of the emperor Constantine II and lived at his court in Constantinople. To avoid a forced marriage, she fled to Rome. There she was consecrated as a virgin, gave away her possessions and began a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. On the voyage, her ship got into distress and she landed in Naples.

Their bones were allegedly found in 1549 and stored in the Basilian monastery Ss. Nicandro e Marciano housed. Later, a women's monastery was built here, which was named Patricias. Her blood is said to still regularly liquefy, similar to that of Saint Januarius .

Saint Patricia is the patroness of Naples and patron saint of pilgrims. Her name day is August 25th . August 15th is also mentioned here and there.

Well-known namesake

Nobles

Authors

Journalists

Musicians and singers

Politicians

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Other

family name

Others

See also:

See also

Wiktionary: Patricia  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/14840-patricia.htm
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated June 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
  3. ↑ http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov
  5. ↑ http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=Patricia&image.x=22&image.y=8
  6. ↑ Duden, the large first name dictionary, Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, 3rd edition 2007 (names: Pat, Tricia, Trisha as short forms of Patricia)
  7. ↑ http://kirchensite.de/index.php?myELEMENT=98208