Patrice

Where Patrice comes from

20th century variant of Patricia, probably borrowed from the French male given name Patrice.
— Wiktionary's entry for Patrice
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1808
    Patrice de MacMahon born
    third President of the French Republic
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,876 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1925
    Patrice Lumumba born
    Congolese politician and independence leader
  4. 1958
    Peak, #211
    1,510 babies named Patrice — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #344.
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Patrice Lumumba · Congolese politician and independence leader, 1925–1961
  • Patrice de MacMahon · third President of the French Republic, 1808–1893
  • Patrice Evra · French footballer, born 1981
  • Patrice Talon · President of Benin between 2016 and 2026, born 1958
  • Patrice Leconte · French film director and screenwriter, born 1947

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.