Patrina
Feminine · “noble”
Patrina and Petrina look like the same name with a vowel changed and they are not related at all. One runs back to a Roman word for the nobility and a fifth-century missionary; the other to a Greek word for a rock and a fisherman. One letter, two entirely separate saints.
How old is the name Patrina?
Patrina first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Patrina alive today was born around 1973, making them about 52 years old. About 1,800 people named Patrina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Patrina most popular?
Patrina peaked in 1971, reaching #1204 nationally. See the whole 1971 chart.
Where it comes from
From Patricius to Patrina
The story of Patrina
There was no feminine of this name for most of its history. The man it comes from has been venerated for fifteen hundred years, the name has been in constant use in Ireland and beyond, and yet nobody made a woman's form of it until the eighteenth century, when Patricia begins to appear in Scottish records. That is a remarkable gap. Names as prominent as this one usually acquire feminines within a few generations, and the delay here is probably about how strongly the name was tied to one specific man rather than to a quality anyone could share. The forms built on top of Patricia, including this one, are all later still.
Meaning
noble, of the patrician class
From the Latin word for a member of the senatorial order, which the missionary carried as a name rather than as a rank. The ending here is a Latin and Italian feminine added much later.
How the name formed
- Patricius
- Patricia
- Patrina
Pronouncing Patrina
puh-TREE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The opening is unstressed and reduces, which is exactly why this name and Petrina are so easily confused.
Nicknames for Patrina
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
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 197194 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1204reached in 1971
- Change vs 2003
- +28.6%9 in 2005, from 7
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.
Patrinas among us
people named Patrina 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
Patrina 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
- Trina sits inside it as an established and completely familiar short form.
- The meaning is clear and dignified rather than decorative.
- The rhythm is even and the spelling follows the sound.
- It is a vowel away from an unrelated name and the two get swapped constantly.
- Patricia is far commoner and will be substituted.
- It is closely tied to the decades of its American use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Patrinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Patrina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Patrina in 2025?
- Patrina is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Patrina with classmates?
- Patrina 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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