Patrycia
Only 62 women in Poland carry this spelling, so most people here have never met one. From Latin for "noble", it stands as a rarer take on the far more common Patrycja.
Patrycia Pronunciation
Patrycia is pronounced paht-RIH-chah (/patˈrɨt͡ɕa/).
What Patrycia means
Where Patrycia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Patrycja comes from the Latin patricius, the word Rome used for its patrician families, the households counted among the fathers of the city. The short meaning is noble, or in Polish szlachetnie urodzona, born into high standing. The masculine patricius gave Europe both a man's name and a woman's, and Polish keeps the pair: Patryk for a son, Patrycja for a daughter.
The spelling patrycia sits close to the standard Polish patrycja, and both shorten easily to Pati at home and among friends.
A real bearer anchors the name. Saint Patricia of Naples, honoured on 25 August, was remembered as a noblewoman who gave away her wealth. Her rank matched the meaning. On a Polish class register the name lands plainly, four girls to a Patrycja in some years. Read it back and you reach the Latin patricius, noble by birth.
How many people are named Patrycia
1 in 363610 women in Poland is named Patrycia. 62 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4669 among female names.
Patrycia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Patrycia as a middle name
Patrycia is a first name for 62 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1586th, between Noemí (21) and Placyda (21).
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#1584 Niki21
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#1585 Noemí21
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#1586 Patrycia21
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#1587 Placyda21
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#1588 Princess21