Patrecia
Feminine · “A spelling of Patricia”
Patrecia is Patricia with an e, a spelling from the first half of the twentieth century. The name belongs to an ophthalmologist whose laser restored sight to people around the world, and its pet form Patsy picked up a meaning nobody can explain.
How old is the name Patrecia?
Patrecia first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Patrecia alive today was born around 1945, making them about 80 years old. About 400 people named Patrecia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Patrecia most popular?
Patrecia peaked in 1940, reaching #1635 nationally. See the whole 1940 chart.
Where it comes from
From Patricius to Patrecia
The story of Patrecia
Patricia Bath, a Harlem-born eye surgeon, invented the Laserphaco Probe for removing cataracts in the 1980s and became the first Black woman doctor to receive a medical patent; she also founded a movement to bring eye care to poor communities. Patsy, the everyday form of Patricia, has meant a dupe or scapegoat in American slang since the early twentieth century, and nobody has established why. Patrecia is one of the spellings American families used for Patricia.
Meaning
A spelling of Patricia, 'noble'
Patricia is the feminine of Latin Patricius, 'of the patrician class, noble'.
How the name formed
- Patricius
- Patricia
- Patrecia
Related forms: Patricia · Patrizia · Pádraigín
Pronouncing Patrecia
puh-TRISH-uh
Three syllables with the stress on the second, like Patricia.
Nicknames for Patrecia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1919
- Most girls named
- 195126 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1635reached in 1940
- Change vs 1989
- −16.7%5 in 1993, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Patrecia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Patricia in English — spelling variant
- Patrizia in Italian — same name
- Pádraigín in Irish — related form
Patrecias among us
people named Patrecia are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Patrecia sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Patricia, a name everyone knows.
- A settled meaning.
- Comes with Pat and Trish as ready short forms.
- Almost everyone will write Patricia.
- It reads as an older-generation name.
- Some will read the e as a spelling slip.
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Frequently asked
- How many Patrecias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Patrecia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Patrecia in 2025?
- Patrecia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Patrecia with classmates?
- Patrecia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More P names
The most-given names starting with P, all years combined.
Patricia#1334 · Pamela#2239 · Phyllis#11932 · Peggy#8362 · Paula#853 · Pauline#2957 · Pearl#776 · Paige#346
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