# Patricia

Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word patrician, meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. Another well-known variant 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 in Portuguese and in Spanish. In Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced in Italian and in German. In Polish, the variant is Patrycja, pronounced. 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 Adams (1949-2020), American actress who used the stage name Velvet Rhodes
* Patricia Angadi (1914-2001), British portrait painter and novelist
* Patricia Arquette, American actress and director
* Pat Ashworth (1930–2023), British nursing sister
* Patricia Bell-Scott, American scholar of women's studies and black feminism
* Pat Benatar, American singer
* Patrice Bergeron, Canadian former professional hockey player
* Patricia Boy, American politician
* Patricia Bracewell (born 1950), American author of historical fiction
* 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
* Patricia Cornwell, American author
* Patricia Dagban-Zonvidé, Togolese politician
* 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
* Patricia Gómez (born 1971), Bolivian politician
* Patrícia Gouveia, Portuguese footballer
* Patricia Grace, Maori writer
* Patricia Guerrero Acevedo, Colombian lawyer and feminist activist.
* Patricia Gutiérrez, Venezuelan politician
* Patricia Hernández (politician), Canary Island politician
* Pat Harvey, American journalist
* Patricia Heaton, American actress, comedian, producer and model
* Patricia Hennin, Canadian multi-sport Paralympic athlete
* Patty Hearst (1954), American heiress
* Patricia Hewitt, Australian-born British Labour Party politician
* Patricia Highsmith, American novelist
* Patricia Hodge, English actress
* Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser (1939–2006), American civic leader and nurse
* Patricia Hunt, New Zealand chemist
* Patricia Hy-Boulais (born 1965), former tennis player
* Patricia Janečková (1998-2023), Slovak opera singer
* 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
* Pat Marsh (ice hockey), British ice hockey administrator
* 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 (1919–2012)
* Patricia Mountain, English politician
* Patricia Navidad, Mexican actress and singer
* 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
* Patrice O'Neal (1969–2011), American stand-up comedian and actor
* 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
* Patrice Rushen, American jazz pianist, R&B singer, composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director
* 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 Schady (born 1978), British astrophysicist
* Patricia Seteco (born 1992), Angolan footballer
* Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler, actress, and yoga instructor
* Patricia Maria Vanzella, Brazilian pianist and professor of music
* 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
* Trisha Yearwood, American country singer

## Fictional characters

* Patricia Dorval, a survivor in the video game Identity V
* Patricia Robertson (comics), Marvel Comics character
* Patricia "Patty" Spivot, a character in DC Comics
* Patricia "Patty" O'Brien, a character in Candy Candy
* Patricia Walker, Marvel Comics superhero Hellcat
* Patricia, Morgana's human alterego from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea