Patrizio
Only 38 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one. The name is the Italian form of a Latin root meaning "nobleman", one born to the patrician class.
Patrizio Pronunciation
Patrizio is pronounced paht-REE-zho (/patˈriʑɔ/).
What Patrizio means
Where Patrizio comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Patrizio comes from the Latin patricius, the title Rome gave a member of its founding families, the patres. The word marked a man of the senatorial class, a nobleman, a patrician. In Polish this reads as szlachetnie urodzony, nobly born.
The same Latin name, Patricius, belonged to the fifth-century missionary later known across Europe. Italian took the ending and made it Patrizio. The aristocratic root stayed, though the man who wore the famous version tended a flock rather than a senate.
For an Italian family the name signals old dignity. It travels well. On a Polish class register Patrizio would stand out among the Patryks, and the clerk at the urząd might ask twice how to spell it. The story ends where it began, with patricius, the Roman word for nobly born.
How many people are named Patrizio
1 in 561742 men in Poland is named Patrizio. 38 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6379 among male names.
Patrizio as a middle name
Patrizio is a first name for 38 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6720th, between Pati (3) and Paxton (3).
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#6718 Parshuram3
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#6719 Pati3
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#6720 Patrizio3
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#6721 Paxton3
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#6722 Pero3