Patrícia
From Latin, marking someone "noble, of the patrician class". The accented spelling is vanishingly rare in Poland: only about 40 women carry it, against the standard Polish form Patrycja.
Patrícia Pronunciation
Patrícia is pronounced PAHTRÍ-chah (/ˈpatrít͡ɕa/).
What Patrícia means
Where Patrícia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Patrícia comes from Latin. The root is patricius, the word Rome used for a member of the patrician class, the old families who held the civic rights of the city. From that word the name took its meaning: noble, of the patrician class. In Polish it is put plainly, szlachetnie urodzona.
The Latin adjective began as a mark of rank. Over time it became a name given to people of every station, and the tie to Roman nobility softened into a general note of dignity. Saint Patrick carried the masculine form of the same root, and the feminine Patricia followed it into the calendars of the West.
In Poland the name usually appears as Patrycja. Read a school register in Gdańsk and you will likely find it there. The older spelling Patrícia keeps the accent and the Latin look. The meaning holds either way: noble, of the patrician class.
How many people are named Patrícia
1 in 563596 women in Poland is named Patrícia. 40 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6153 among female names.
Patrícia as a middle name
Patrícia is a first name for 40 women in Poland and a middle name for another 13, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2109th, between Oriona (13) and Prisca (13).
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#2107 Olenka13
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#2108 Oriona13
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#2109 Patrícia13
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#2110 Prisca13
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#2111 Rochelle13