Baby name

STABLE UNISEX · LATIN-FRENCH
🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪  +1

Patrice

/pah · TREES/


“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.

pat · paty

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.