Pat as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pat

The baby name Pat is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pæt/.

Gender: Unisex

Syllables: 1.0

Pronunciation: /pæt/

What is the meaning of the name Pat ?

The baby name Pat is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pæt/.

Pat is in Origin.

Pat is an English unisex short form of Patrick and Patricia, both from Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician; noble." Through the impact of Saint Patrick (5th-century missionary to Ireland), the Gaelic Pádraig/Pàdraig became widespread, and Pat arose as a clipped familiar name in English-speaking communities, especially in Ireland and Britain before spreading across the Anglophone world.

Used independently since the late 19th century, Pat enjoyed broad mid-20th-century use for both boys and girls. Related forms include Patrick, Patricia, Patrice (Fr., m.), Patrick/Patrik (var. spellings), and international counterparts Patricio/Patrício, Patrizio/Patrizia, Pádraig/Pádraic/Pàdraig, and Welsh Padrig. Nickname variants include Paddy (m., chiefly Irish), Patsy, Patty/Patti, and Trish/Trisha (f.). Bearers span entertainment and sport, including Pat Benatar, Pat Boone, Pat Riley, and Pat Nixon, reinforcing its gender-neutral profile. Meaning across all forms remains "noble" or "of the patrician class," giving the name a timeless, dignified tone.

Pat has the following similar or variant Names

Patty
Patsy
Paddy
Padraig (Pádraig)

Pat Nixon Actor\|politician · Born 1912 · United States Pat Nixon was best known as the First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974, during Richard Nixon’s presidency. Born Thelma Catherine Ryan, she was the wife of the 37th U.S. president.	Pat Buchanan Politician · Born 1938 · United States Pat Buchanan is best known as an American conservative political commentator, author, and politician. He served as an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents and became widely known for his presidential campaigns and books such as The Death of the West and Right from the Beginning.	Pat Hingle Actor · Born 1924 · United States Pat Hingle was an American actor best known for playing tough authority figures, especially Commissioner Gordon in Batman and Batman Returns. Over a career spanning more than 200 screen productions from the 1950s to 2008, he became a familiar character actor in film and television.
Pat Benatar Actor · Born 1953 · United States Pat Benatar is an American singer-songwriter best known for rock hits like "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Love Is a Battlefield," and "Heartbreaker." Born Patricia Mae Giraldo on January 10, 1953, she became one of the most successful female rock artists of her era, with multiple platinum albums and more than 36 million records sold worldwide.	Pat Morita Actor · Born 1932 · Japan Pat Morita was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid. He also appeared as Arnold on Happy Days after starting out as a stand-up comedian.	Pat Metheny Musician · Born 1954 · United States Pat Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer best known for leading the Pat Metheny Group and for his influential work in modern jazz. He’s known for albums and projects like Bright Size Life, Secret Story, and Still Life (Talking), and has also performed widely in solo, duet, and small-group settings.

Pat Boone

Actor · Born 1934 · United States

Pat Boone is best known as a hugely popular American singer and teen idol of the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold nearly 50 million records, scored 38 Top 40 U.S. hits, and became especially known for songs like "Love Letters in the Sand," "April Love," and "Ain't That a Shame."

Pat Fraley

Actor · Born 1949 · United States

Pat Fraley is best known as a voice actor from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, where he voiced Krang, Casey Jones, and Baxter Stockman. He also voiced Falcon in the 2003 Stuart Little animated series and has worked as a voice-over teacher.

Pat Hitchcock

Actor · Born 1928 · United States

Pat Hitchcock was best known as the daughter of Alfred Hitchcock and for appearing in several of his films. She was a British-American actress and producer whose most notable screen role was in Strangers on a Train, and she also appeared in Psycho and Stage Fright.

Pat Crowley

Actor · Born 1933 · United States

Pat Crowley was an American actress best known for her film work in the 1950s. She won the 1953 Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her performances in Forever Female and Money from Home.

Pat O'Brien

Musician · Born 1965 · United States

Pat O'Brien is best known as the name of several notable people, especially the American actor famous for films like Angels with Dirty Faces and Knute Rockne, All American. It can also refer to others in politics, sports, and entertainment.

Patrika Darbo

Actor · Born 1948 · United States

Patrika Darbo is an American actress best known for her role as Nancy Wesley on the soap opera 'Days of Our Lives'. She also appeared in the film 'Babe' and the TV series 'The Bold and the Beautiful'.

Pat Kilbane

Actor · Born 1969 · United States

Pat Kilbane is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his three seasons as a cast member on MADtv from 1997 to 2000. He’s also remembered for appearing in the Seinfeld episode "The Bizarro Jerry" in 1996.

Pat Torpey

Musician · Born 1953 · United States

Pat Torpey was an American musician best known as the drummer for the rock band Mr. Big. He played on well-known songs like "To Be with You" and "Wild World," and also worked with artists including Belinda Carlisle, Robert Plant, John Parr, Montrose, Richie Kotzen, and the Knack.

Pat Buttram

Actor · Born 1915 · United States

Pat Buttram was best known as Gene Autry’s comic sidekick and as the voice of Mr. Haney on Green Acres. He was an American character actor who also appeared in Disney’s Robin Hood and The Aristocats.

Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Pat	Hitchcock				Alfred Hitchcock	film director	★★★★★

Pat – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2024	#1	—	820
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
BW		0	#19	1	960
BN		0	#32	1	2,297
ID		0	#39	1	2,238
MT		0	#42	2	1,767
MO		0	#48	5	2,706
CM		0	#51	6	2,592
CY		0	#59	2	1,632
LU		0	#61	6	2,830
PH		0	#70	27	5,607
AF		0	#76	1	1,883
MV	Boys	0	#78	2	3,375
SI		0	#80	1	1,612
CN		0	#84	3	3,857
JM		0	#86	8	3,714
AF	Girls	0	#93	2	2,402
TW		0	#98	6	4,523
QA		0	#104	3	7,011
GE	Boys	0	#110	1	2,055
BN	Girls	0	#113	2	5,459
OM		0	#116	6	6,215
CY	Girls	0	#117	9	3,755
BW	Boys	0	#120	30	4,685
KW		0	#121	1	5,216
MU		0	#125	12	3,613
MT	Girls	0	#130	22	3,773
IQ		0	#132	2	3,533
BW	Girls	0	#134	15	4,216
GR		0	#135	1	3,911
BN	Boys	0	#136	4	6,332
JO		0	#140	1	2,158
GH	Girls	0	#144	260	6,973
CR		0	#149	10	5,526
AE		0	#163	15	10,220
PR	Girls	0	#167	1	3,171
HU	Boys	0	#172	3	3,954
MT	Boys	0	#175	5	4,064
PR	Boys	0	#178	1	2,508
UY		0	#181	2	2,477
LU	Girls	0	#182	9	4,850
CZ		0	#185	2	3,154
AR		0	#191	3	2,915
NG	Girls	0	#191	1,691	15,093
RU		0	#194	1	3,641
JM	Girls	0	#196	64	7,507
GH		0	#197	47	5,396
LU	Boys	0	#198	21	4,970
PL		0	#203	10	2,600
MO	Boys	0	#204	20	5,842
DK		0	#206	1	5,198
HK	Girls	0	#209	709	16,104
MO	Girls	0	#211	41	7,056
SI	Boys	0	#211	1	3,402
NG		0	#213	52	5,926
SG		0	#219	51	11,010
HU	Girls	0	#225	1	3,308
TW	Boys	0	#226	16	7,111
HK		0	#229	126	8,483
NA	Girls	0	#229	9	7,146
BG	Girls	0	#230	2	3,559
IR		0	#230	2	4,221
PT		0	#242	9	4,161
EC	Boys	0	#246	1	3,322
JP	Girls	0	#246	6	6,592
GR	Girls	0	#247	3	6,293
NA	Boys	0	#247	7	6,830
AO	Boys	0	#248	2	5,568
PL	Boys	0	#250	87	6,459
EC	Girls	0	#256	3	3,650
HR	Boys	0	#257	3	3,997
ZA	Boys	0	#258	2,304	25,619
CZ	Boys	0	#260	45	6,530
JM	Boys	0	#263	10	6,876
GR	Boys	0	#273	1	6,912
AF	Boys	0	#274	1	3,535
PL	Girls	0	#277	79	5,096
SA		0	#281	15	10,560
IL		0	#282	1	6,291
TW	Girls	0	#284	6	8,139
PH	Boys	0	#287	97	11,440
HR	Girls	0	#294	1	3,687
JP	Boys	0	#297	7	7,909
QA	Girls	0	#299	18	15,378
ZA		0	#303	145	14,421
CN	Boys	0	#304	16	9,639
MY		0	#304	27	12,352
ZA	Girls	0	#307	1,970	25,928
HK	Boys	0	#309	256	12,905
MU	Boys	0	#311	47	8,477
PH	Girls	0	#313	79	13,098
PE		0	#323	7	6,350
GH	Boys	0	#324	22	8,138
DK	Boys	0	#329	4	7,401
CM	Boys	0	#332	250	12,054
CN	Girls	0	#332	18	8,829
MU	Girls	0	#335	17	8,539
JO	Girls	0	#338	2	7,570
SG	Girls	0	#350	245	18,916
CZ	Girls	0	#351	1	5,378
PT	Boys	0	#355	13	7,951
SD	Girls	0	#357	2	7,678
BR		0	#358	3	5,969
NL		0	#375	17	2,481
Germany		0	#378	60	2,542
OM	Girls	0	#379	18	15,987
Austria	Boys	0	#380	63	2,180
Spain		0	#389	64	2,326
JO	Boys	0	#389	1	7,057
MX		0	#390	24	8,339
Austria	Girls	0	#395	26	1,885
CL		0	#402	10	6,867
BD	Girls	0	#404	3	8,413
BO		0	#405	4	6,868
PT	Girls	0	#407	45	7,952
EG		0	#410	3	6,387
UY	Boys	0	#412	2	5,922
CR	Boys	0	#430	58	10,188
CR	Girls	0	#437	96	11,342
SD	Boys	0	#461	6	10,523
RU	Girls	0	#478	21	11,913
AR	Boys	0	#479	5	7,628
KW	Girls	0	#495	21	19,177
GT	Boys	0	#496	4	7,625
UY	Girls	0	#497	14	6,731
PA	Boys	0	#498	8	9,305
CM	Girls	0	#500	41	11,671
IR	Boys	0	#504	49	10,162
CO		0	#505	6	7,768
PS	Girls	0	#506	18	10,981
PA	Girls	0	#510	9	9,861
RU	Boys	0	#519	8	12,621
LY		0	#522	14	12,703
IQ	Girls	0	#524	2	11,303
SG	Boys	0	#528	171	17,960
AE	Girls	0	#530	24	20,968
BH		0	#532	22	17,937
GT	Girls	0	#539	3	7,500
PS	Boys	0	#539	10	10,655
IR	Girls	0	#541	5	8,334
AR	Girls	0	#560	40	8,289
Germany	Boys	0	#587	413	5,697
BO	Girls	0	#599	13	9,488
IL	Girls	0	#607	11	11,648
CL	Boys	0	#612	54	13,390
IT		0	#615	100	4,183
BO	Boys	0	#618	5	9,244
IL	Boys	0	#621	5	10,983
Spain	Girls	0	#627	389	5,561
LB		0	#647	12	13,263
IN	Girls	0	#653	2	13,121
NG	Boys	0	#669	307	16,906
QA	Boys	0	#670	38	18,093
MY	Girls	0	#678	329	24,821
IQ	Boys	0	#694	4	13,071
Germany	Girls	0	#727	112	4,949
NL	Boys	0	#740	213	5,873
KW	Boys	0	#750	20	18,755
SY		0	#766	2	11,684
TN		0	#770	60	13,765
BR	Boys	0	#785	1	12,213
CL	Girls	0	#830	22	14,098
NL	Girls	0	#831	125	5,933
Spain	Boys	0	#858	73	5,610
OM	Boys	0	#863	19	17,948
EG	Boys	0	#865	22	15,035
PE	Boys	0	#869	10	14,506
SA	Girls	0	#878	58	25,931
United States	Boys	2014	#887	5	7,361
IT	Girls	0	#887	633	9,415
PE	Girls	0	#891	53	14,861
MY	Boys	0	#906	207	25,439
BR	Girls	0	#914	28	12,708
EG	Girls	0	#930	30	14,742
MX	Boys	0	#938	45	16,355
DZ		0	#961	216	20,130
CO	Boys	0	#975	7	15,656
MX	Girls	0	#994	190	17,781
CO	Girls	0	#1,032	47	16,140
IN	Boys	0	#1,032	8	16,750
AE	Boys	0	#1,043	50	22,615
MA		0	#1,076	53	20,986
IT	Boys	0	#1,138	336	10,046
TR		0	#1,188	24	19,440
SA	Boys	0	#1,499	116	28,008

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Pat as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pat

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Famous people with the name Pat

Pat Boone

Pat Fraley

Pat Hitchcock

Pat Crowley

Pat O'Brien

Patrika Darbo

Pat Kilbane

Pat Torpey

Pat Buttram

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