Patric

Where Patric comes from

Patric hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1911
    Patric Knowles born
    actor, novelist
  2. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1953
    Peak, #908
    62 babies named Patric — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,487.
  5. 1977
    Patric Leitner born
    German luger
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Patric Leitner · German luger, born 1977
  • Patric Knowles · actor, novelist, 1911–1995
  • Patric Hörnqvist · Swedish ice hockey player, born 1987
  • Patric Kjellberg · Swedish ice hockey player, born 1969
  • Patric Young · American basketball player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.