Patricia
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Patricia (pronounced pa-TRISH-ah) is a common female given name of Latin origin. It is derived from that Latin word patrician meaning "noble". The masculine form of the name is Patrick. The name Patricia is the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. It is commonly shortened to 'Pat', 'Patsy', 'Patty/Pattie/Patti', 'Trish', 'Trisha/Tricia', or 'Trixie'. Apart from 'Patty' and 'Trish', these diminutives are sometimes used as names in their own rights.
[edit] Famous people named Patricia
- Patti LaBelle, a Grammy winning R&B/soul singer
- Patsy Cline, a Country music/Pop music singer, who enjoyed Pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s
- Patti Smith, an American musician, singer, and poet
- Pat Benatar, a Grammy Award-winning American rock singer
- Trisha Brown, a postmodernist American choreographer and dancer
- Patty Duke, famous American actress
- Patricia Neal, an Academy Award winning American actress
- Patricia Arquette, an Emmy Award-winning and a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress
- Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsay
- Patricia Wentworth, mystery author
- Patricia McGrath, a Melbourne-born Australian entertainer and radio and television presenter
- Patricia Cornwell, crime author
- Patricia Leines, former Miss Oregon 1996 and Weather Anchor
- Patty Hearst, actor that was kidnapped by terrorists
