Paten as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Paten

What is the meaning of the name Paten ?

The baby name Paten is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈpeɪtən/ (PAY-tən).

Paten is English, French, Latin in Origin.

Paten is a rare English given name with overlapping roots. As a surname-turned-first name, it most closely reflects Patten/Patton, derived either from Middle English paten/patten, an occupational term for a maker or wearer of wooden overshoes, or from “son of Pat,” with Pat a short form of Patrick (Latin Patricius, “noble, patrician”). The spelling also matches the church word paten, the Eucharistic plate, from Old French patene and Latin patina “dish,” which can lend a quiet liturgical association.

As a given name, Paten appears in modern records mainly in the United States and other Anglophone countries from the late twentieth century, rising in step with Peyton/Payton. It is occasionally used for all genders. Related forms and lookalikes include Patten, Patton, Paton, Payton, Peyton, Payten, and Paiten; short forms may be Pat. Depending on the pathway chosen, meanings range from “noble” to “Paega’s settlement” to the symbolic “communion plate.”