Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Patrice
/pah · TREES/
Meaning
“Nobleman”
French masculine and feminine form of Patrick/Patricia, from Latin patricius meaning 'nobleman'; used as a masculine name in French-speaking countries and feminine in English-speaking ones.
Nicknames
pat · paty
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Gender-ambiguous and cross-cultural; ages well in Francophone contexts, underused in English ones.
The cultural moment.
Long-established in France and Belgium; moderate use in the US primarily as a feminine name in the 1950s-1970s.